Congruent elbow plate fixation of olecranon fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 386-393

  Anderson, Meredith L ^a   Larson, A Noelle ^a   Merten, Sheri M ^a   Steinmann, Scott P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation; Fracture; Olecranon; Plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE PLATES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW JOINT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 34447332507     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3180ce831e     Document Type: Article

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