The Use of precontoured humeral locking plates in the management of displaced proximal humérus fracture

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 582-590

  Ricchetti, Eric T ^a   Demola, Philip M ^b   Roman, Don ^c   Abboud, Joseph A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Mercy Suburban Hospital   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Penn Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

3B Orthopaedics; 800 Spruce Street; 8th Floor Preston; PA 19107; Pennsylvania Hospital; Philadelphia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SHOULDER FRACTURE;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 70350173740     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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