Reconstructing proximal humeral fractures using the bicipital groove as a landmark

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 458, Issue , 2007, Pages 168-174

  Angibaud, Laurent ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^b   Flurin, Pierre Henri ^c   Roche, Chris ^a   Wright, Thomas ^d  

^a Exactech Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c Bordeaux Merignac Clinic   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34247881963     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e318032561e     Document Type: Article

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