Treatment of nonunions of the distal phalanx with olecranon bone graft

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 638-642

  Ozcelik I B ^a   Kabakas, F ^a,b   Mersa, B ^a   Purisa, H ^a   Sezer, I ^a   Erturer E ^a  

^a Gaziosmanpasa Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Deniz Abdal Mah Millet Cad ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distal phalanx; Nonunion; Olecranon bone graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFORMITY; DISTAL PHALANX; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OLECRANON BONE GRAFT; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLECRANON PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449916012     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193409104494     Document Type: Article

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