Immediate plate osteosynthesis of open fractures of the humeral shaft

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 685-690

  Connolly, Stephen ^a   McKee, Michael D ^b   Zdero, Rad ^c   Waddell, James P ^b   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b,c  

^a SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humerus; Open fractures; Osteosynthesis; Plate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; TETANUS TOXOID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DYSESTHESIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; INFECTION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN HUMERAL SHAFT FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE PLATE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957574191     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b02892     Document Type: Article

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