Surgical treatment of posttraumatic stiffness of the elbow: 2-Year outcome in 21 patients after a column procedure

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Gundlach, Udo ^a   Eygendaal, Denise ^b  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39449139112     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710014798     Document Type: Article

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