Second generation locked plating of proximal humerus fractures - A prospective multicentre observational study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-432

  Röderer, Götz ^c   Erhardt, Johannes ^a   Kuster, Markus ^a   Vegt, Paul ^b   Bahrs, Christian ^a   Kinzl, Lothar ^c   Gebhard, Florian ^c  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE LESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955966395     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-1015-7     Document Type: Article

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