Surgical exposures of the distal humeral fractures: An anatomical study of the anterior, posterior, medial and lateral approaches

Purpose: Exposure of the articular surface is the key to the successful treatment of intra-articular fractures of distal humerus. Anterior, posterior olecranon osteotomy as well as medial and lateral approaches are the four main approaches to the elbow. The aim of this study was to compare the expos...

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Main Authors: Zi-Zheng Wu, Jian-Dong Wang, Xiao-Xi Ji, Zhi-Jian Ma, Jian-Hong Wu, Qiu-Gen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127518300919