Transarticular shear fractures of the distal humerus

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Ashwood, Neil ^a   Verma, Manish ^a   Hamlet, Mark ^a   Garlapati, Anand ^a   Fogg, Quentin ^b  

^a Queens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitellar; fixation; fracture; technique; trochlea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649104136     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.07.061     Document Type: Article

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