The fate of elbow arthrodesis: Indications, techniques, and outcome in fourteen patients

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-306

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Kolb, Klaus ^a   Assuncao, Allan ^a   Kolb, Werner ^a   Holz, Ulrich ^a  

^a Katharinenhospital Stuttgart ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODESIS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40149094176     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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