Proximal periarticular locking plates in proximal humeral fractures: Functional outcomes

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1234-1240

  Schulte, Leah M ^a   Matteini, Lauren E ^a   Neviaser, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ASES; Case Series; DASH; Level IV; Locking plates; Proximal humeral fracture; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISABILITY OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND SCORING SURVEY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055140633     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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