Elbow hemiarthroplasty for acute reconstruction of intraarticular distal humerus fractures: A preliminary report involving 4 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 785-787

  Adolfsson, Lars ^a   Hammer, Richard ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW HEMIARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749495441     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610012999     Document Type: Article

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