The Relationship of Proximal Locking Screws to the Axillary Nerve During Antegrade Humeral Nail Insertion of Four Commercially Available Implants

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 585-588

  Prince, Edward J ^a   Breien, Kristoffer M ^a   Fehringer, Edward V ^a   Mormino, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Humeral nail; Interlocking screws; Spiral blade

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INNERVATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING;

AGED; AXILLA; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 16644367746     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200410000-00001     Document Type: Article

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