Olecranon fractures in adults: Factors influencing outcome

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1149-1157

  Rommens, P M ^a   Kuchle R ^a   Schneider, R U ^a   Reuter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthrosis; Classification systems; Elbow function; Elbow instability; Olecranon fracture; Prognostic factors; Proximal radius lesion; Tension band wiring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSESTHESIA; ELBOW; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLYSIS; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

EID: 5444224885     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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