Proximal radio-ulnar synostosis and nonunion after olecranon fracture tension-band wiring: A case report

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  De Carli, Pablo ^a   Gallucci, Gerardo L ^a   Donndorff, Agustín G ^a   Boretto, Jorge G ^a   Alfie, Verónica A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR SYNOSTOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TENSION BAND WIRING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BONE WIRES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNOSTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849116624     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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