The use of locked nails in the treatment of humeral shaft: Delayed union and nonunion

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Al Mukaimi, Ali ^a,b   Mokhtar, Ahmed ^a   El Nass, Mohamed Abo ^a  

^a Al Razi Orthopaedic Hospital   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Delayed union; Humeral shaft fracture; Locked nails; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; ILIAC BONE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SHOULDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844434090     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085743     Document Type: Article

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