Treatment of humeral shaft fractures with the Seidel intramedullary nail

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 156-158

  Bain, G I ^a   Sandow, M J ^b   Howie, D W ^b  

^a MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fracture fixation; Humeral fractures; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030096180     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb01145.x     Document Type: Article

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