Outcome of proximal humerus fractures treated by PHILOS plate internal fixation experience of a District General Hospital

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-608

  Shahid, Rizwan ^a,b   Mushtaq, Abid ^a   Northover, Julian ^a   Maqsood, Mohammad ^a  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lincoln County Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Philos plate; Proximal humerus fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56149111888     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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