Internal fixation of proximal humerus fractures using the locking proximal humerus plate;Die winkelstabile Plattenosteosynthese bei Frakturen am proximalen Humerus mit der LPHP (Locking Proximal Humerus Plate)

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-50

  Plecko, Michael ^a   Kraus, Aurel ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fixed angle plate fixation; Internal fixation of proximal humerus; Proximal humerus fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944348757     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-005-1120-8     Document Type: Article

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