Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , January 2010

Transarticular shear fractures of the distal humerus

  • Neil Ashwood, FRCS (ORTH)

      Affiliations

    • Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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  • Manish Verma, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Manish Verma, MRCS, Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0RB UK.
  • ,
  • Mark Hamlet, FRCS (ORTH)

      Affiliations

    • Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Anand Garlapati, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
  • ,
  • Quentin Fogg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.07.061

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , January 2010