Internal fixation of complex fractures of the proximal humerus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 848-855

  Gerber, C ^a   Werner, C M L ^a   Vienne, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444231519     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B6.14577     Document Type: Article

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