The PHILOS plate for proximal humeral fractures-Risk factors for complications at one year

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 783-792

  Spross, Christian ^a   Platz, Andreas ^a   Rufibach, Kaspar ^b   Lattmann, Thomas ^a   Forberger, Jens ^a   Dietrich, Michael ^a  

^a Trauma Division   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Negative outcome; PHILOS; Predictive factors; Proximal humeral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SMOKING; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862697495     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822c1b5b     Document Type: Article

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