Metallosis and pseudotumor after failed ORIF of a humeral fracture

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-191

  Edelstein, Yudell ^a,b   Ohm, Hyunsook ^c   Rosen, Yale ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New York Community Hospital   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; BONE TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTOXICATION; METALLOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOTUMOR;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960446269     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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