Complex posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder: Epidemiology, injury patterns, and results of operative treatment

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1454-1466

  Robinson, C Michael ^a   Akhtar, Adeel ^a   Mitchell, Martin ^a   Beavis, Cole ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT SCORE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34447256108     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01214     Document Type: Article

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