Medial support by fibula bone graft in angular stable plate fixation of proximal humeral fractures: An in vitro study with synthetic bone

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 740-746

  Osterhoff, Georg ^a   Baumgartner, Daniel ^b   Favre, Philippe ^b,c   Wanner, Guido A ^a   Gerber, Hans ^b   Simmen, Hans Peter ^a   Werner, Clément M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fibula graft; Locking plate; Medial support; Proximal humeral fracture

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ABDUCTION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FIBULA GRAFT; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; MIGRATION; MOTION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 79958833144     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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