Distal Biceps Rupture

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-249

  Mazzocca, Augustus D ^a   Spang, Jeffrey T ^a   Arciero, Robert A ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOBUTTON; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERFERENCE SCREW; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REVIEW; SINGLE ANTERIOR INCISION TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SYNOSTOSIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWO INCISION TECHNIQUE;

ARM; ELBOW; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 40949101246     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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