Hinged elbow external fixation for severe elbow contracture

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1293-1296

  Ring, David ^a   Hotchkiss, Robert N ^b   Guss, Daniel ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULNA FRACTURE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 19944423825     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02462     Document Type: Article

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