Intercondylar distal humerus fractures - Surgical treatment and results

Chirurgie de la Main

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Allende, C A ^a   Allende, B T ^a   Allende, B L ^a   Bitar, I ^a   Gonzalez, G ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Córdoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distal; Distale; Fracture; Hum rus; Humerus; Ost osynth se; Osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; INJURY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKELETON TRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942439978     PISSN: 12973203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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