Treatment of displaced proximal humeral fractures in elderly patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 412-417

  Zyto, Karol ^a   Ahrengart, Leif ^a,b   Sperber, Anders ^a,b   Törnkvist, Hans ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030916059     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B3.7419     Document Type: Article

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