Early complications in proximal humerus fractures (OTA types 11) treated with locked plates

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-164

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a,b   Ong, Crispin C ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Jazrawi, Laith M ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Fracture; Locking plate; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRAFT FAILURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; ILIAC BONE; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43249095676     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318169ef2a     Document Type: Article

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