The Telegraph nail for proximal humeral fractures: A prospective four-year study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Cuny, Christian ^a   Scarlat, Marius M ^b   Irrazi, M'barek ^a   Beau, Patrick ^a   Wenger, Valerie ^a   Ionescu, Nicolae ^a   Berrichi, Aboubekr ^a  

^a Bon Secours Hospital   (France)

^b Clinique Chirurgicale Saint Michel   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 46049114271     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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