Treatment of nonunion of humeral shaft fracture with dynamic compression plate and cancellous bone graft

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-76

  Hsu, Tzu Liang ^a   Chiu, Fang Yao ^a   Chen, Chuan Mu ^a   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Dynamic compression plate; Humeral shaft fracture; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL NERVE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 14844296786     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70138-8     Document Type: Article

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