Locked nailing of severely comminuted or segmental humeral fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 406, Issue , 2003, Pages 195-204

  Lin, Jinn ^a   Hou, Sheng Mou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037234027     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200301000-00029     Document Type: Article

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