Compass Elbow Hinge: Short-term results in five adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 395-398

  Ayoub, Khalid ^a,b   Gibbons, Paul ^a   Bradish, Christopher F ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Compass; Contracture; Elbow; External; Fixator; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 8644283763     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200411000-00009     Document Type: Article

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