Rigid internal fixation of fractures of the proximal humerus in older patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1107-1112

  Hintermann, B ^a   Trouillier, H H ^a   Schafer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033646587     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B8.10330     Document Type: Article

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