Magnetic resonance imaging findings in 46 elbows with a radial head fracture

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-376

  Kaas, Laurens ^a,b   Turkenburg, Jeroen L ^a   Van Riet, Roger P ^c   Vroemen, Jos P A M ^a   Eygendaal, Denise ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AZ Monica   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BONE INJURY; CAPITELLAR INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONOID FRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT LESION; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MASON TYPE I FRACTURE; MASON TYPE II FRACTURE; MASON TYPE III FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT LOOSE BODIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 77952852481     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.483988     Document Type: Article

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