Distal humeral fractures in adults

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 686-700

  Nauth, Aaron ^a   McKee, Michael D ^a   Ristevski, Bill ^a   Hall, Jeremy ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTAL HUMERAL FRACTURE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 79953845455     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00845     Document Type: Article

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