Comparison of three different treatment modalities in the management of humeral shaft nonunions (plates, unilateral, and circular external fixators)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 248-257

  Atalar, Ata Can ^a   Kocaoglu, Mehmet ^a   Demirhan, Mehmet ^a   Bilsel, Kerem ^a   Eralp, Levent ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circular external fixator; Humeral shaft nonunion; Plate fixation; Unilateral external fixator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CIRCULAR EXTERNAL FIXATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; UNILATERAL EXTERNAL FIXATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049102809     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31816c7b89     Document Type: Article

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