Minimally-invasive treatment of three- and four-part fractures of the proximal humerus in elderly patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1602-1607

  Bogner, R ^a   Hubner C ^a   Matis, N ^a   Auffarth, A ^a   Lederer, S ^a   Resch, H ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE INFECTION; BONE NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149115379     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B12.20269     Document Type: Article

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