Radial Head Fractures-An Update

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-565

  Pike, Jeffrey M ^a   Athwal, George S ^a   Faber, Kenneth J ^a   King, Graham J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Radial head fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNA FRACTURE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ALGORITHMS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LOOSE BODIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 60849105651     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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