Proximal humerus fractures in the elderly: Are we operating on too many?

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 24-32

  McLaurin, Toni M ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6044254995     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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