Use of a "hybrid" locking plate for complex metaphyseal fractures and nonunions about the humerus

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Spitzer, Allison B ^a   Davidovitch, Roy I ^a,b   Egol, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Humerus fracture; Hybrid; Locked plate; Metaphyseal; Novel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREW; DEVICES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549124730     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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