Contemporary management of fractures of the radial head and neck with implant arthroplasty

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Harman, Timothy W ^a   Graham, Thomas J ^b   Bamberger, H Brent ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Grandview Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Radial head arthroplasty; Radial head prosthesis; Radial head replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 23344435138     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000170484.99577.01     Document Type: Review

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