Outcome of open reduction and internal fixation of surgical neck nonunions of the humerus

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Galatz, Leesa M ^a   Williams Jr, Gerald R ^b   Fenlin Jr , John M ^c   Ramsey, Matthew L ^b   Iannotti, Joseph P ^d  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Penn Neurological Institute   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Fracture; Nonunion; Proximal humerus; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242298435     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200402000-00001     Document Type: Article

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