Pathological fractures of the proximal humerus treated with a proximal humeral locking plate and bone cement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 707-712

  Siegel, H J ^a,b   Lopez Ben, R ^a,b   Mann, J P ^a,c   Ponce, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology   (United States)

^c Division of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BONE CEMENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951798523     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B5.23246     Document Type: Article

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