Surgical treatment of complex distal humeral fractures: Functional outcome after internal fixation using precontoured anatomic plates

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-532

  Theivendran, Kanthan ^a   Duggan, Peter J ^a   Deshmukh, Subodh C ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomic; distal humerus; fracture; internal fixation; Mayo elbow; parallel plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; ELBOW; FOLLOW UP; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952102739     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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