Locked-nail treatment of humeral surgical neck nonunions

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 530-535

  Lin, Jinn ^a   Hou, Sheng Mou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Humeral surgical neck nonunions; Locked nails

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTROPHY; INTERLOCKING NAIL; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 0037352957     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000034588.37392.C2     Document Type: Article

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