Uninfected nonunion of the humeral diaphyses: Review of 21 patients treated with shingling, compression plate, and autologous bone graft

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Bernard de Dompsure, R ^a   Peter, R ^b   Hoffmeyer, P ^b  

^a University Hospital of Nice University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^b Geneva Academic Hospitals ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autologous bone graft; Humeral shaft fracture; Nonunion; Plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952109650     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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