Monoaxial versus polyaxial screw insertion in angular stable plate fixation of proximal humeral fractures: Radiographic analysis of a prospective randomized study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1545-1551

  Ockert, Ben ^a,b   Braunstein, Volker ^a,b   Kirchhoff, Chlodwig ^c   Körner, Markus ^a   Kirchhoff, Sonja ^a   Kehr, Katharina ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a   Biberthaler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular stable plating; Loss of fixation; Monoaxial; Polyaxial; Proximal humeral fracture; Screw cut out; Secondary fracture displacement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAXIAL SCREW INSERTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; POLYAXIAL SCREW INSERTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650821380     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c9b8a7     Document Type: Article

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