Prognostic factors for unstable proximal humeral fractures treated with locking-plate fixation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Lee, Churl Woo ^a   Shin, Sang Jin ^b  

^a National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOCKING PLATE FIXATION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SENILE DEMENTIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNSTABLE PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 57449099299     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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