Valgus impacted proximal humeral fractures and their blood supply after transosseous suturing

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 333-337

  Panagopoulos, Andreas M ^a   Dimakopoulos, P ^a   Tyllianakis, M ^a   Karnabatidis, D ^a   Siablis, D ^a   Papadopoulos, A X ^a   Lambiris, E ^a   Kraniotis, P ^a   Sakellaropoulos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; IMAGING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; STATISTICS; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 12144280821     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0581-y     Document Type: Article

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