Posttraumatic contracture of elbow treated with intraarticular technique

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 494-500

  Wu, Chi Chuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intraarticular technique; Posttraumatic contracture; Tension band technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW FLEXION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0345257079     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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