Proximal humeral fractures with a severe varus deformity treated by fixation with a locking plate

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 672-678

  Robinson, C M ^a   Wylie, J R ^a   Ray, A G ^a   Dempster, N J ^a   Olabi, B ^a   Seah, K T M ^a   Akhtar, M A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951858929     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B5.22849     Document Type: Article

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