A new modular nail for the diaphyseal fractures of the humerus

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Garnavos, Christos ^a   Lasanianos, Nikolaos ^a   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Arnaoutoglou, Christina ^b   Papathanasopoulou, Vasiliki ^b   Xenakis, Theodoros ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antegrade; Diaphysis; Fracture; Garnavos nail; Humerus; Intramedullary nailing; Modular; Retrograde

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349084742     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.130     Document Type: Article

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