Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Comparison of resection and internal fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-84

  Ikeda, Masayoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Kang, Chonte ^a   Takagaki, Tomonori ^a   Oka, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 11844280818     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.C.01323     Document Type: Article

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