Proximal humeral internal locking system (PHILOS) for the treatment of proximal humeral fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Charalambous, C P ^a,c   Siddique, I ^b   Valluripalli, K ^a   Kovacevic, M ^a   Panose, P ^a   Srinivasan, M ^b   Marynissen, H ^a  

^a BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Fracture fixation; Humerus; Internal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947681708     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0256-9     Document Type: Article

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