Angular stable eixation of proximal humeral fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Thalhammer, Gerhild ^a   Platzer, Patrick ^a   Oberleitner, Gerhard ^a   Fialka, Christian ^a   Greitbauer, Manfred ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angular stable devices; Outcome; Proximal humeral fractures; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649191962     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815ede7b     Document Type: Article

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