Fractures in the proximal humerus: Functional outcome and evaluation of 70 patients treated in hospital

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 310-316

  Fjalestad, Tore ^a   Strømsøe, Knut ^a   Blücher, Judith ^a   Tennøe, Bjørn ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Low energy trauma; Osteoporotic risk factors; Proximal humeral fracture; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244499342     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-005-0803-9     Document Type: Article

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