Treatment preferences for displaced three- and four-part proximal humerus fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Guy, Pierre ^a   Slobogean, Gerard P ^a   McCormack, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture fixation; Hemiarthroplasty; Proximal humerus fracture; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 77950201432     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181bdc46a     Document Type: Article

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