Plate fixation or intramedullary fixation of humeral shaft fractures: An updated meta-analysis

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-223

  Heineman, David J ^a   Poolman, Rudolf W ^a   Nork Sean, Sean E ^b   Ponsen, Kees Jan ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^d  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW PAIN; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77950557108     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453671003635884     Document Type: Article

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