Distal intraarticular humerus fractures in elderly patients. Treatment with combined percutaneous screw fixation and an external fixator;Die distale intraartikuläre humerusfraktur beim alten menschen. Kombinierte versorgung mit perkutaner schraubenosteosynthese und fixateur externe

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 940-947

  Walz, M ^a   Auerbach, F ^a  

^a Hand und Wiederherstellungschirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal humerus fracture; Elderly patients; External fixator; Osteoporosis; Percutaneous screw fixation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BODY POSTURE; BONE SCREW; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PLATE FIXATION; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33845419225     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-006-1141-2     Document Type: Article

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