Injury to the axillary artery, a complication of fixation using a locking plate

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1519-1521

  Khunda, A ^a,b   Stirrat, A N ^a   Dunlop, P ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249053224     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19264     Document Type: Article

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