Complex coronal shear fractures of the distal humerus

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 85-89

  Goodman, Howard J ^a   Choueka, Jack ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18544374541     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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