Total elbow arthroplasty for the treatment of insufficient distal humeral fractures. A retrospective clinical study and review of the literature

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-590

  Chalidis, B ^a   Dimitriou, C ^b   Papadopoulos, P ^c   Petsatodis, G ^c   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distal humeral fractures; Elbow; Osteoporosis; Total elbow arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANGE OF MOTION; REIMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67349231932     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.123     Document Type: Review

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