Nonunion of the humeral shaft: Long lateral butterfly fracture - A nonunion predictive pattern?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 424, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-230

  Baixauli Castellá, Francisco ^a   Baixauli Garcia, Francisco ^a   Montesinos Berry, Erik ^a   Baixauli Perelló, Emilio ^a   Sánchez Alepuz, Eduardo ^a   Gabarda, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERCLAGE; CERCLAGE WIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROGRADE FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 3042737426     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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