Radial and axillary nerves: Anatomic considerations for humeral fixation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 373, Issue , 2000, Pages 259-264

  Bono, Christopher M ^a   Grossman, Mark G ^a   Hochwald, Neal ^b   Tornetta III, Paul ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033997029     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200004000-00032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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