Mid-term results of internal fixation of proximal humeral fractures with the Philos plate

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1292-1296

  Papadopoulos, Periklis ^a   Karataglis, Dimitrios ^a   Stavridis, Stavros I ^a   Petsatodis, George ^a   Christodoulou, Anastasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Internal fixation; Philos plate; Proximal humeral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOPECTORAL FLAP; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449528661     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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