Double-column fixation for type C fractures of the distal humerus in the elderly

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 646-651

  Liu, Jun jian ^a   Ruan, Hong jiang ^a   Wang, Jian guang ^a   Fan, Cun yi ^a   Zeng, Bing fang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distal humerus; double column fixation; fracture; intra articular fracture; ORIF; osteoporotic bone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MAYO ELBOW FUNCTION SCORE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; BONE PLATES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67449132120     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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