The often-missed Kocher-Lorenz elbow fracture

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Cottalorda, J ^a   Bourelle, S ^b  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b North Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Capitellum fractures; Child elbow trauma; Osteochondral fracture

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; HUMAN; KOCHER LORENZ FRACTURE; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 71749115113     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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