Operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures. Comparison of plating and intramedullary nailing

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-742

  Denies, Erwin ^a   Nijs, Stefaan ^a   Sermon, An ^a   Broos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone nails; Bone plates; Humerus shaft; Intramedullary fracture fixation; Open reduction internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751673769     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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