Danger zone for locking screw placement in minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) of humeral shaft fractures: A cadaveric study

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-172

  Apivatthakakul, T ^a   Patiyasikan, S ^a   Luevitoonvechkit, S ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Danger zone; Humeral shaft fractures; Locking screw; Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO); Musculocutaneous nerve injury; Radial nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 74449087057     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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