Fractures of the radial head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 95 B, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-159

  Duckworth, A D ^a   McQueen, M M ^a   Ring, D ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIPOLAR IMPLANT; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIOLOGY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SUBLUXATION; ULNA FRACTURE; HEMARTHROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIUS HEAD UNSTABLE FRACTURE;

DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874056915     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B2.29877     Document Type: Review

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