Transosseous suture fixation of proximal humeral fractures: Surgical technique

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 8-21

  Dimakopoulos, Panayiotis ^a   Panagopoulos, Andreas ^a   Kasimatis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; METAPHYSIS; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TRANSOSSEOUS SUTURE FIXATION; VALGUS DEFORMITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63349103469     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01290     Document Type: Note

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