Management of proximal humeral fractures: Surgeons don't agree

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-451

  Petit, Charles J ^a,b   Millett, Peter J ^b   Endres, Nathan K ^a   Diller, David ^a   Harris, Mitchel B ^c   Warner, Jon J P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STEADMAN HAWKINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

intraobserver and intraobserver agreement; Proximal humeral fractures; surgeon decision making; surgical management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; KAPPA STATISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; X RAY FILM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 77949490970     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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