Morphometric parameters of the radial neck: An anatomical study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Koslowsky, T C ^a,b   Beyer, F ^b   Germund, I ^b   Mader, K ^b   Jergas, M ^a   Koebke, J ^b  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Radial head fractures; Radial head prosthesis; Radial neck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; ROTATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS;

EID: 34249870856     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0206-4     Document Type: Article

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