Radial head fractures: Effectiveness of conservative treatment versus surgical intervention

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-130

  Struijs, P A A ^a   Smit, Gijs ^a   Steller, E Ph ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Radius; Radius fracture; Review; Surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846504039     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0240-4     Document Type: Article

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