Humeral nails: When to choose what and how to use

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-304

  Garnavos, Christos ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diaphyseal humeral fracture; Humeral nails; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 23944466611     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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