The use of combined lateral and medial releases in the treatment of post-traumatic contracture of the elbow

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-638

  Tosun, Bilgehan ^a   Gundes, Hakan ^b   Buluc, Levent ^c   Sarlak, Ahmet Y ^c  

^a Tatvan Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 35348825564     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0252-2     Document Type: Article

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