Septal aperture: An anatomic variant predisposing to bilateral low-energy fractures of the distal humerus

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-364

  Sahajpal, Deenesh T ^a,c   Pichora, David ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEPTAL APERTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MALE;

EID: 33845343539     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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