The results of functional (Sarmiento) bracing of humeral shaft fractures

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Koch, Peter P ^a   Gross, Dominique F L ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; TIME;

ADULT; BRACES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042463688     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.121634     Document Type: Article

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