Outcome analysis following removal of locking plate fixation of the proximal humerus

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kirchhoff, Chlodwig ^a   Braunstein, Volker ^b,c   Kirchhoff, Sonja ^d   Sprecher, Christoph M ^c   Ockert, Ben ^b   Fischer, Florian ^b   Leidel, Bernd A ^b   Biberthaler, Peter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; BONE PLATE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049149752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-138     Document Type: Article

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