The block-bridge system: A new concept and surgical technique to reconstruct articular surfaces and tuberosities in complex proximal humeral fractures

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Russo, Raffaele ^a   Visconti, Valeria ^b   Lombardi, Luigi Vernaglia ^a   Ciccarelli, Michele ^a   Giudice, Gerardo ^a  

^a Ospedale dei Pellegrini   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTANT SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARM INJURY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 41649095208     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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