Complications using the Seidel intramedullary humeral nail: Outcome in 31 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-295

  Svend Hansen, H ^a   Skettrup, M ^a   Rathcke, M W ^b  

^a Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød   (Denmark)

^b AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complications; Humeral fractures; Intramedullary nailing; Seidel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031664672     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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