Surgical treatment of acute displaced fractures of adult distal humerus with reconstruction plate

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1143-1148

  Huang, Teng Le ^a   Chiu, Fang Yao ^a   Chuang, Tien Yow ^a   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Displaced fracture; Distal humerus; Reconstruction plate

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5444232507     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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