Elbow fracture-dislocations: The role of hinged external fixation

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-39

  Paksima, Nader ^a   Panchal, Anand ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELBOW; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6044250342     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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