Five years' clinical experience with the unreamed humeral nail in the treatment of humeral shaft fractures

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-271

  Fernandez, F F ^a,b   Matschke, S ^a   Hulsenbeck A ^a   Egenolf, M ^a   Wentzensen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humeral shaft fractures; Intramedullary fixation; Retrograde; Unreamed humeral nailing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE LESION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNREAMED HUMERAL NAIL;

EID: 1242270571     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00220-1     Document Type: Article

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