A true triceps-splitting approach for treatment of distal humerus fractures: A preliminary report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-75

  Ziran, Bruce H ^a   Smith, Wade R ^b   Balk, Marshall L ^c   Manning, Christopher M ^c   Agudelo, Juan F ^b  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Humerus fracture; Supracondylar; Triceps split

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRICEPS SPLITTING APPROACH; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13544268568     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000145079.76335.DD     Document Type: Article

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