Fractures of the distal third of the humerus with palsy of the radial nerve

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1625-1628

  Livani, Bruno ^a,b   Belangero, W D ^a   Castro de Medeiros, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Cicade Universitária Zeferino Vaz ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845798512     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.17924     Document Type: Article

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