Successful treatment of a persistent humeral shaft nonunion using open reduction internal fixation, electrical stimulation, and AlloMatrix Custom Bone Putty

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Neel, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Orthomemphis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742289118     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040102-05     Document Type: Article

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