Treatment of comminuted radial head fractures: Resection or prosthetic replacement? Results after implantation of silastic prosthesis;Die Behandlung der Radiusköpfchentrümmerfraktur - Resektion oder Prothese? Ergebnisse nach implantation der silastic-prothese

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 259-265

  Hillmeier, Jochen ^a,b   Brutscher, Robert ^a  

^a KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

^b Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comminuted radial head fracture; Primary replacement; Silastic prosthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749150540     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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