Management of distal humerus fractures with minifragment fixation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 474-479

  Russell Jr , George V ^a   Jarrett, Christopher A ^b   Jones, Clifford B ^c   Cole, Peter A ^d   Gates, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644442686     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000157908.45939.d7     Document Type: Article

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