Primary nonoperative treatment of moderately displaced two-part fractures of the radial head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1909-1914

  Åkesson, Thomas ^a   Herbertsson, Pär ^a   Josefsson, Per Olof ^a   Hasserius, Ralph ^a   Besjakov, Jack ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748451653     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.01052     Document Type: Article

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