Fractures of the distal humerus in the elderly: Is internal fixation the treatment of choice?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 434, Issue , 2005, Pages 222-230

  Srinivasan, K ^a   Agarwal, M ^a   Matthews, S J E ^a   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 18144399337     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000154010.43568.5b     Document Type: Review

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