Tension-band wiring for olecranon fractures: Analysis of risk factors for failure

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-356

  Villanueva, Patricia ^a   Osorio, Fernando ^a   Commessatti, Mateo ^a   Sanchez Sotelo, Joaquin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646170104     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569906291236     Document Type: Article

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