Outcome after open reduction and angular stable internal fixation for supra-intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus: Preliminary results with the LCP distal humerus system

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Greiner, S ^a   Haas, N P ^a   Bail, H J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649141206     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0428-2     Document Type: Article

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