Early experience with the PlantTan Fixator Plate for 2 and 3 part fractures of the proximal humerus

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1190-1196

  Burton, D J C ^a   Wells, G ^a   Watters, A ^a   Schilders, E ^a   Venkateswaran, B ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Plate; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; REOPERATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444433206     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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