Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction

Hand Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-67

  Meyers, Alex ^a   Palmer, Brad ^b   Baratz, Mark E ^b  

^a Reconstructive Hand Surgeons of Indiana   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; BRACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT SURGERY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TENDONS; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 39449102460     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.11.011     Document Type: Review

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