Transosseous suture fixation of proximal humeral fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1700-1709

  Dimakopoulos, Panayiotis ^a   Panagopoulos, Andreas ^b   Kasimatis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTANT SCORE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSOSSEOUS SUTURE FIXATION;

EID: 34547802127     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00765     Document Type: Article

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