Complications Related to Simple Dislocations of the Elbow

Hand Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-25

  Martin, Benjamin D ^a   Johansen, John A ^a   Edwards, Scott G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTHROPLASTY; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG MECHANISM; ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSEX LOPRESTI INJURY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL NERVE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTRACTURE; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 39449119805     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.11.013     Document Type: Review

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