Surgical treatment of AO type C distal humeral fractures: Internal fixation with a Y-shaped reconstruction (Lambda) plate

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Luegmair, Matthias ^a   Timofiev, Evelin ^a   Chirpaz Cerbat, Jean Marie ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE SCORE; NERVE LESION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RANGE OF MOTION; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK RESUMPTION; ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; ELBOW; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41649096540     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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