Long-term results of radial head resection following isolated radial head fractures in patients younger than forty years old

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-566

  Antuña, Samuel A ^a   Sánchez Márquez, José M ^a   Barco, Raúl ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950905705     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00332     Document Type: Article

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