Bone quality measured by the radiogrammetric parameter "cortical index" and reoperations after locking plate osteosynthesis in patients sustaining proximal humerus fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1251-1259

  Hepp, Pierre ^a   Theopold, Jan ^a   Osterhoff, Georg ^a   Marquass, Bastian ^a   Voigt, Christine ^b   Josten, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Friederikenstift   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone quality; Locking plate; Osteoporosis; Proximal humerus fracture; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE QUALITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL INDEX; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLATE FIXATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE REGENERATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549094360     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0889-6     Document Type: Article

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