Percutaneous pinning using threaded pins as a treatment option for unstable two- and three-part fractures of the proximal humerus: A retrospective study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Fenichel, Itay ^a,b   Oran, Ariel ^a   Burstein, Gideon ^a   Perry, Moshe ^a  

^a Tel Hashomer Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; INFECTION; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS PIN FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748302831     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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