Open reduction and internal fixation of fractures of the radial head

Hand Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-427

  Ring, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; FOREARM; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EPIPHYSES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 8144230347     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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