Outcome of total elbow replacement for distal humeral fractures in the elderly: A comparison of primary surgery and surgery after failed internal fixation or conservative treatment

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-348

  Prasad, N ^a,b,d   Dent, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TOTAL ELBOW PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 41149121144     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B3.18971     Document Type: Article

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