Nonsurgically Treated Terrible Triad Injuries of the Elbow: Report of Four Cases

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 464-467

  Guitton, Thierry G ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocations; elbow; nonsurgical; terrible triad

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONOID FRACTURE; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROLYSIS; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPLINTING; ULNAR NERVE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 77249089286     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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