Fractures below the End of Locking Humeral Nails: A Report of Three Cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 500-504

  McKee, Michael D ^a,d   Pedlow, Frank X ^b   Cheney, Prescott J ^c   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emerxon Hospital   (United States)

^d Emerxon Hospital ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Complication; Fracture below implant; Humeral shaft fracture; Locking humeral nails

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030331177     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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