Anterior release of the elbow for extension loss

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1955-1960

  Aldridge III, Julian M ^a   Atkins, Thomas A ^a   Gunneson, Eunice E ^a   Urbaniak, James R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 4544235070     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200409000-00014     Document Type: Review

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