Complications of total elbow replacement: A systematic review

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Voloshin, Ilya ^a   Schippert, David W ^a   Kakar, Sanjeev ^b   Kaye, Elizabeth Krall ^c   Morrey, Bernard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PROSTHESIS; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; NERVE LESION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL ELBOW PROSTHESIS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

ARM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; ELBOW PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 78649878712     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.08.026     Document Type: Review

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