Proximal humerus fractures in the elderly can be reliably fixed with a "hybrid" locked-plating technique

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3281-3291

  Barlow, Jonathan D ^a   Sanchez Sotelo, Joaquin ^a   Torchia, Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 82655172656     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-1894-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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