Treatment of acute and chronic elbow instability with a hinged external fixator after fracture dislocation

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Zilkens, Christoph ^a   Graf, Markus ^a   Anastasiadis, Lexandros ^a   Smajic, Samir ^a   Muhr, Gert ^a   Kälicke, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elbow; Fracture dislocation; Hinged external fixator; Instability; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DISLOCATION; ELBOW; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINATION;

EID: 67249134052     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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