Radial head arthroplasty with a modular metal spacer to treat acute traumatic elbow instability

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1075-1080

  Doornberg, Job N ^a   Parisien, Robert ^a   Van Duijn, P Joppe ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TRAUMATIC ELBOW INSTABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW PRONATION; ELBOW SUPINATION; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FRACTURE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL HEAD ARTHROPLASTY; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 34248166404     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.01340     Document Type: Article

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