Management of comminuted radial head fractures with replacement arthroplasty

Hand Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-441

  King, Graham J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELBOW; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PEPTIC ULCER; RADIUS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; EPIPHYSES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 8144231039     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.06.003     Document Type: Review

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