Surgical treatment of distal triceps ruptures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1961-1967

  Van Riet, Roger P ^a   Morrey, Bernard F ^a   Ho, Emmy ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Shawn W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0141889325     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200310000-00015     Document Type: Review

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