Proximal humeral nonunions treated with fixed-angle locked plating and an intramedullary strut allograft

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-179

  Badman, Brian L ^a,c   Mighell, Mark ^a,c   Kalandiak, Steven P ^b   Prasarn, Mark ^c  

^a FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UPEX ^*

Author keywords

Fixed angle locked plating; Nonunions; Proximal humeral fractures; Structural allograft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049095145     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31819b0bdc     Document Type: Article

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