Non-operative treatment versus tension-band osteosynthesis in three- and four-part proximal humeral fractures. A retrospective study of 34 fractures from two different trauma centers

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 316-320

  Ilchmann, T ^a,c   Ochsner, P E ^b   Wingstrand, H ^a   Jonsson, K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^c Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tubingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032437404     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050268     Document Type: Article

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