Radial head fractures: Loss of cortical contact is associated with concomitant fracture or dislocation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-25

  Rineer, Craig A ^a   Guitton, Thierry G ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dislocation; displacement; instability; Radial head fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649094122     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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