Diagnosing displaced four-part fractures of the proximal humerus: A review of observer studies

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-327

  Brorson, Stig ^a   Bagger, Jens ^a   Sylvest, Annette ^b   Hrobjartsson, Asbjørn ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64249124096     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0591-2     Document Type: Article

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