Simple dislocations of the elbow: Evaluation and treatment

Hand Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-404

  Sheps, David M ^a   Hildebrand, Kevin A ^a   Boorman, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW INJURY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSSIFICATION; RADIUS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SKELETON TRACTION; SPLINTING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS;

EID: 8144220633     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.07.002     Document Type: Review

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