Internal fixation of proximal humerus fractures using the T2-proximal humeral nail

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1239-1244

  Popescu, Dragos ^a   Fernandez Valencia, Jenaro A ^a   Rios, Moisés ^a   Cuñé, Jordi ^a   Domingo, Anna ^a   Prat, Salvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fracture; Humerus; Nail; PHN; Proximal; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OXFORD SHOULDER SCORE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549111338     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0789-1     Document Type: Article

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