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Instability of the proximal radioulnar joint in Monteggia fractures—an experimental study

BACKGROUND: A Monteggia fracture is defined as a fracture of the proximal ulna combined with a luxation of the radial head. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the extent of instability of the radius head in the proximal radioulnar joint (PRUJ) as a function of the severity of elbow fracture...

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Autores principales: Biewener, Achim, Bischoff, Fabian, Rischke, Tobias, Tille, Eric, Nimtschke, Ute, Kasten, Philip, Schaser, Klaus-Dieter, Nowotny, Jörg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6883589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31779645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1367-7