Displaced fractures of the greater tuberosity: A comparison of operative and nonoperative treatment

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-848

  Platzer, Patrick ^a   Thalhammer, Gerhild ^a   Oberleitner, Gerhard ^a   Kutscha Lissberg, Florian ^a   Wieland, Thomas ^a   Vecsei, Vilmos ^a   Gaebler, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Comparison to nonoperative treatment; Displaced greater tuberosity fractures; Functional and adiographic results; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE PARALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GREATER TUBEROSITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; X RAY FILM; ARM INJURY; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISLOCATION; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 67650601380     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000233710.42698.3f     Document Type: Article

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