Outcome of nonoperative vs operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures: A retrospective study of 213 patients

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Denard, Antony ^a   Richards, Justin E ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Tucker, Michael C ^b   Floyd, Mark ^c   Herzog, Greg A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955626814     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100625-16     Document Type: Article

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