Internal fixation of displaced proximal humeral fractures with two one-third tubular plates

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 536-544

  Wanner, Guido A ^a   Wanner Schmid, Elisabeth ^a   Romero, José ^b   Hersche, Otmar ^d   von Smekal, Alexander ^c   Trentz, Otmar ^a   Ertel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Division of Trauma Surgery   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Orthopaedic Hospital Sonnenhof   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fixation; Fracture; Humerus; Open reduction and internal fixation; Osteosynthesis; Plate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 0037351781     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000052365.96538.42     Document Type: Article

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