Locked nailing for displaced surgical neck fractures of the humerus

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1051-1057

  Lin, Jinn ^a   Hou, Sheng Mou ^a   Hang, Yi Shiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Humeral locked nails; Surgical neck fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032437492     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199812000-00013     Document Type: Article

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