Locking plate fixation for proximal humerus fractures: A comparison with other fixation techniques

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1183-

  Friess, Darin M ^a   Attia, Albert ^a   Vallier, Heather A ^a,b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB DISEASE; LOCKING PLATE FIXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63649103502     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20081201-07     Document Type: Article

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