Precontoured parallel plate fixation of AO/OTA type C distal humerus fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Athwal, George S ^a   Hoxie, Samuel C ^b   Rispoli, Damian M ^c   Steinmann, Scott P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal humerus fracture; Parallel plating; Precontoured plates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISABILITY; DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRECONTOURED PARALLEL PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349089327     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181aa5402     Document Type: Article

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