Functional results of the parallel-plate technique for complex distal humerus fractures

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Atalar, Ata Can ^b   Demirhan, Mehmet ^b   Salduz, Ahmet ^b   Kilicoglu, Onder ^b   Seyahi, Aksel ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b American Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone plates; Comminuted; Elbow joint surgery; Fracture fixation; Fractures; Humeral fractures surgery; Internal methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650173357     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2009.021     Document Type: Article

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