Intramedullary nailing of combined/extended fractures of the humeral head and shaft

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Garnavos, Christos ^a   Lasanianos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Combined; Diaphysis; Extended; Head; Humerus; Intramedullary; Nail; Plate; Shaft

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; HUMERUS SHAFT; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950273421     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181b2b74d     Document Type: Article

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