Design and application of Nickel-Titanium olecranon memory connector in treatment of olecranon fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1099-1105

  Chen, Xiao ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Zhu, Xiaofei ^a   Cao, Liehu ^a   Zhang, Chuncai ^a   Su, Jiacan ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCKING PLATE; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE SCORE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OLECRANON MEMORY CONNECTOR; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OLECRANON PROCESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 84878656168     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1878-5     Document Type: Article

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