Olecranon Fractures

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Veillette, Christian J H ^a   Steinmann, Scott P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; CAST APPLICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; LIMITED CONTRACT DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATE FIXATION; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; TENSION BAND WIRE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELBOW JOINT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 40949113086     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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