Coronoid fractures of the elbow

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Wells, Jason ^a   Ablove, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronoid process fracture; Elbow injury; Elbow instability; Elbow trauma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARM MUSCLE; ARTHRALGIA; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; CALCIFICATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CORONOID FRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT SWELLING; LIGAMENT INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REVIEW; ULNA FRACTURE;

ARM BONES; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 50049098641     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2008.753     Document Type: Review

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