Evaluation of the osteoporotic proximal humeral fracture and strategies for structural augmentation during surgical treatment

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1787-1795

  Namdari, Surena ^a   Voleti, Pramod B ^a   Mehta, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Proximal humerus fracture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; VITAMIN D;

AUGMENTATION INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FIBULA GRAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; ILIAC CREST BONE GRAFT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE CEMENTS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 84869501410     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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