Recalcitrant nonunion of the distal humerus: Treatment with free vascularized bone grafting

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 435, Issue , 2005, Pages 134-139

  Beredjiklian, Pedro K ^a,d   Hotchkiss, Robert N ^b   Athanasian, Edward A ^b   Ramsey, Matthew L ^a   Katz, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Hand Center of San Antonio   (United States)

^d PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 20444364109     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000157928.20381.46     Document Type: Article

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