Initial post-fracture humeral head ischemia does not predict development of necrosis

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-8

  Bastian, Johannes Dominik ^a,b   Hertel, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Lindenhofspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE SHOULDER VALUE; AGED; ARM INJURY; BONE NECROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 41649095016     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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