Avoiding iatrogenic radial nerve injury during humeral fracture surgery: A modified approach to the distal humerus

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-12

  Yildirim, Ahmet Özgür ^a   Öken, Özdamar Fuad ^a   Ünal, Vuslat Sema ^b   Esmer, Ali Firat ^c   Gülçek, Murat ^a   Uçaner, Ahmet ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Maslak Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood supply of the radial nerve; ; Distal humeral fracture; Humeral fracture surgery; Iatrogenic radial nerve injury; Radial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861888317     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2012.2564     Document Type: Article

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