Open reduction and internal fixation of comminuted fractures of the radial head using low-profile mini-plates

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1040-1044

  Ikeda, M ^a   Yamashina, Y ^a   Kamimoto, M ^a   Oka, Y ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141480350     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B7.13823     Document Type: Article

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