Intramedullary nailing of humeral shaft fractures. A retrospective study of 126 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-136

  Flinkkilä, Tapio ^a   Hyvönen, Pekka ^a   Lakovaara, Martti ^a   Linden, Teppo ^a   Ristiniemi, Jukka ^a   Hämäläinen, Martti ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

EID: 0032923556     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909011250     Document Type: Article

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