Pitfalls and complications with locking plate for proximal humerus fracture

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Clavert, Philippe ^a   Adam, Philippe ^a   Bevort, Adrien ^a   Bonnomet, François ^a   Kempf, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

complication; locking plate; proximal humerus fracture; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; BURSITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATES; BURSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952107976     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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