Surgical treatment of intra-articular fractures of the distal part of the humerus: Functional outcome after twelve to thirty years

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1524-1532

  Doornberg, Job N ^a   Van Duijn, Pleun J ^a   Linzel, Durk ^a   Ring, David C ^b   Zurakowski, David ^c   Marti, Rene K ^a   Kloen, Peter ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; DISABILITY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34447255418     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00369     Document Type: Article

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