Predicting failure after surgical fixation of proximal humerus fractures

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1283-1288

  Krappinger, Dietmar ^a   Bizzotto, Nicola ^a   Riedmann, Stephan ^a   Kammerlander, Christian ^a   Hengg, Clemens ^a   Kralinger, Franz Sebastian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomic reduction; Implant failure; Local BMD; Medial cortical support; Proximal humerus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HINGE REGION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL HEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80053569872     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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