Elbow Arthritis: Current Concepts

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Kokkalis, Zinon T ^a   Schmidt, Christopher C ^a   Sotereanos, Dean G ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Current concepts; elbow arthritis; management; outcomes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ANKYLOSIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELBOW; ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; METAL IMPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOCAPITELLAR ARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINTING; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULNAR NERVE;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63349098325     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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