Reconstruction of posttraumatic disorders of the forearm

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2730-2739

  Jupiter, Jesse B ^a   Fernandez, Diego L ^b   Levin, L Scott ^c   Wysocki, Robert W ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBULA GRAFT; FOREARM; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70449864795     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200911000-00027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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