Minimally invasive plating for complex humeral shaft fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 531-535

  Jiang, Rui ^a   Luo, Cong Feng ^a   Zeng, Bing Fang ^a   Mei, Guo Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Humeral shaft fracture; Minimal invasive plate osteosynthesis; Plate osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547813191     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0313-z     Document Type: Article

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