Closed retrograde nailing of pathological humeral fractures

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-19

  Kumta, S M ^a   Quintos, A D ^a   Griffith, J F ^b   Chow, Louis T C ^a   Wong, K C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; ENDER NAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036933188     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-001-0307-3     Document Type: Article

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