Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow in association with lateral epicondylitis: A report of three cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1120-1125

  Kalainov, David M ^a   Cohen, Mark S ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTION; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SPLINTING; SUBLUXATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENNIS ELBOW; WRIST;

EID: 18144419402     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02293     Document Type: Article

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