Management of distal humeral fractures in the elderly

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 10-16

  Strauss, Eric J ^a   Alaia, Michael ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal humeral fracture; Elderly; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; ELBOW; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GERIATRICS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; NEUROPATHY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548127840     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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