Surgical management of a long segmental defect of the humerus using a cylindrical titanium mesh cage and plates: A case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-216

  Attias, Naftaly ^a   Lehman, Richard E ^a   Bodell, Leonard S ^a   Lindsey, Ronald W ^b  

^a Phoenix Orthopedic Residency Program   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Gustilo Anderson type IIIB; Mesh cage; Mid shaft humeral fracture; Segmental bone loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE MATRIX; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE DISPLAY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; SURGICAL MESH; TITANIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 16244393423     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200503000-00011     Document Type: Article

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