Proximal humerus fracture - What to do?;Proximale humerusfrakturen - Was sollen wir tun?

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Strohm, Peter C ^a   Kostler W ^a   Sudkamp N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humerus; Locking plates; New implants; Proximal humerus fracture; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 48249105829     PISSN: 1864-669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038541     Document Type: Article

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