A new suggestion for the treatment of minimally displaced fractures of the greater tuberosity of the proximal humerus

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Park, Tae Soo ^a,b   Choi, Il Yong ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^a   Park, Myung Ryool ^a   Shon, Joeng Hwa ^a   Kim, Sun Il ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Greater tuberosity; Minimally displaced fracture; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

BONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MINIMALLY DISPLACED FRACTURE;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASTS, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030686468     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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