Treatment of distal humerus fractures;Léčba zlomenin distálního humeru

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-15

  Ilyas, Asif M ^a   Jupiter, J B ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 40149095612     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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