Protrusion of hardware impairs forearm rotation after olecranon fixation: A report of two cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 638-642

  Matthews, Felix ^a   Trentz, Otmar ^b   Jacob, Augustinus Ludwig ^c   Kikinis, Ron ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^d   Messmer, Peter ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 33847687388     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200703000-00024     Document Type: Article

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