Early results in the treatment of proximal humeral fractures with a polyaxial locking plate

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1367-1374

  Erhardt, Johannes B ^a,b   Roderer, G ^c   Grob, K ^a   Forster, T N ^a   Stoffel, K ^b   Kuster, M S ^a,b  

^a Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture; NCB; Non contact bridging; Polyaxial locked plate; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYAXIAL LOCKING PLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249213487     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0924-7     Document Type: Article

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