Axillary nerve palsy after retrograde humeral nailing: Clinical confirmation of an anatomical fear

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1431-1435

  Lögters, Tim Tobias ^a   Wild, Michael ^a   Windolf, Joachim ^a   Linhart, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Humeral shaft fracture; Injury; Interlocking; Nailing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE PALSY; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AGED; AXILLA; BONE NAILS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 55649092448     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0607-9     Document Type: Article

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