Plating of humeral shaft fractures: Comparison of standard conventional plating versus minimally invasive plating

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Oh, C W ^a   Byun, Y S ^b   Oh, J K ^c   Kim, J J ^d   Jeon, I H ^d   Lee, J H ^a   Park, K H ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Humerus shaft fracture; Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis; Open reduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PLATE OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OPEN REDUCTION AND PLATE OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863082583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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