Extra-articular distal-third diaphyseal fractures of the humerus: A comparison of functional bracing and plate fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2343-2347

  Jawa, Andrew ^a   McCarty, Pearce ^a   Doornberg, Job ^a   Harris, Mitch ^b   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRACE; DATA BASE; DIAPHYSIS; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER; SKIN INJURY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33750812273     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00334     Document Type: Article

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