Elbow hemiarthroplasty for acute and salvage reconstruction of intra-articular distal humerus fractures

Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-97

  Parsons, Moby ^a   O'Brien, R Jason ^b   Hughes, Jeffery S ^c  

^a Seacoast Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Sydney Shoulder and Elbow Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 18844370101     PISSN: 15239896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bte.0000158018.48060.00     Document Type: Review

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