The stiff elbow

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-28

  Keschner, Mitchell T ^d   Paksima, Nader ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW FLEXION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SPLINTING; STIFF ELBOW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROSCOPY; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947200744     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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