Open reduction and internal fixation of three and four-part fractures of the proximal part of the humerus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1919-1925

  Wijgman, A J ^a   Roolker, W ^a   Patt, T W ^a   Raaymakers, E L F B ^a   Marti, R K ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CERCLAGE; CONSTANT SCORE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT LIMITATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036844148     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200211000-00002     Document Type: Article

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