Compression plating versus intramedullary nailing of humeral shaft fractures - A meta-analysis

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-284

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Devereaux, P J ^a   McKee, Michael D ^b   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PLATE FIXATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645764707     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046037     Document Type: Review

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