Angular and sliding stable antegrade nailing (Targon PH) for the treatment of proximal humeral fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 937-944

  Gradl, Georg ^a   Dietze, Albrecht ^a   Arndt, Dagmar ^a   Beck, Markus ^a   Gierer, Philip ^a   Börsch, Tillmann ^a   Mittlmeier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular stability; Complications; Intramedullary nailing; Proximal humeral fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FROZEN SHOULDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 35448946939     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0425-5     Document Type: Article

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