Percutaneous fixation of comminuted fractures of the humerus: Initial experience at Al Razi Hospital, Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 423-426

  Pospula, Wieslaw ^a,b   Noor, Tarek Abu ^a  

^a Al Razi Hospital   (Kuwait)

^b Al Razi Orthopaedic Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fracture of the humerus; Percutaneous fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PERCUTANEOUS FIXATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749871013     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095487     Document Type: Article

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