Comparative, prospective and randomized study of humeral shaft fractures requiring surgical treatment: Bridging plate versus locked intramedullary nail (preliminary analysis);Estudo comparativo prospectivo e randomizado entre o tratamento cirúrgico das fraturas diafisárias do úmero com placa em ponte e haste intramedular bloqueada (análise preliminar)

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-92

  Benegas, Eduardo ^a,b   Amódio, Daniel Tasseto ^b   Correia, Luiz Filipe Marques ^b   Malavolta, Eduardo Angeli ^b   Ramadan, Lucas Busnardo ^b   Neto, Arnaldo Amado Ferreira ^b   Zumiotti, Arnaldo Valdir ^b  

^a IOT/HC/FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone nails; Bone plates; Comparative study; Humeral fractures surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548689402     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000200006     Document Type: Article

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