Functional treatment of the distal third humeral shaft fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 390-395

  Pehlivan, Ozcan ^a  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Functional treatment; Humeral shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036943696     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0403-x     Document Type: Article

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