Apparently isolated partial articular fractures of the radial head: Prevalence and reliability of radiographically diagnosed displacement

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-608

  Doornberg, Job ^a,c   Elsner, Andreas ^a   Kloen, Peter ^c   Marti, René K ^c   van Dijk, C Niek ^c   Ring, David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548701986     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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