Radial head and neck fractures: Functional results and predictors of outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 643-648

  Duckworth, Andrew D ^a   Watson, Bruce S ^a   Will, Elizabeth M ^a   Petrisor, Brad A ^b   Walmsley, Phil J ^c   Court Brown, Charles M ^a   McQueen, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Outcome predictors; Radial head fractures; Radial neck fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO ELBOW SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RADIUS NECK FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052696683     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f8fa5f     Document Type: Article

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