Expandable nail system for osteoporotic humeral shaft fractures: Preliminary results

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1152-1158

  Franck, Wolfgang Maria ^a   Olivieri, Manuel ^a   Jannasch, Olof ^a   Hennig, Frank Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expandable intramedullary nail; Humerus fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038463579     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000066146.13247.CA     Document Type: Article

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