Unexpected high complication rate following internal fixation of unstable proximal humerus fractures with an angled blade plate

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Meier, Reinhard A ^a,b   Messmer, Peter ^a   Regazzoni, Pietro ^a   Rothfischer, Wolfram ^a   Gross, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle stability; Fracture; Osteosynthesis; Plate fixation; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33748210701     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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