Treatment of comminuted proximal humerus fractures with shoulder hemiarthroplasty in elderly patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-395

  Anjum, Syed Neshat ^a,b,c   Butt, Mohammad Sohail ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Russells Hall Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractures; Hemiarthroplasty; Humerus; Proximal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER PAIN;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 24644480539     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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