Open reduction and internal fixation of delayed unions and nonunions of fractures of the distal part of the humerus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Helfet, David L ^a   Kloen, Peter ^a   Anand, Neel ^b   Rosen, Howard S ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037271858     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200301000-00006     Document Type: Article

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