Intramedullary fixation of humeral shaft fractures using an inflatable nail

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1011-1014

  Lorich, Dean G ^a   Geller, David S ^b   Yacoubian, Shahan V ^b   Leo, Andrew J ^b   Helfet, David L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0142217451     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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