Internal fixation of proximal humerus fractures using the Polarus intramedullary nail

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 503-508

  Kazakos, K ^a   Lyras, Dimitris N ^a   Galanis, V ^a   Verettas, D ^a   Psillakis, I ^a   Chatzipappas, Ch ^a   Xarchas, K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fractures; Internal fixation; Intramedullary nail; Pollarus system; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547756468     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0390-z     Document Type: Article

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