Early results for treatment of three- and four-part fractures of the proximal humerus using the PHILOS plate system

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1206-1209

  Moonot, P ^a,b   Ashwood, N ^a   Hamlet, M ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848971028     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B9.18528     Document Type: Article

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