Radiographic measurements of normal elbows: Clinical relevance to olecranon fractures

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Wadia, Farokh ^a   Kamineni, Srinath ^a,b   Dhotare, Satish ^b   Amis, A ^b  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bony dimensions; Fracture; Humerus; Orthopaedics; Radiographs; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGEON;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 34247255004     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20431     Document Type: Article

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