Hemiarthroplasty for humeral four-part fractures for patients 65 years and older a randomized controlled trial

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3483-3491

  Boons, Harm W ^a   Goosen, Jon H ^b   Van Grinsven, Susan ^b   Van Susante, Job L ^b   Van Loon, Corné J ^b  

^a ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ABDUCTION STRENGTH TEST; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MIGRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SHOULDER HEMIARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER PROSTHESIS; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SIMPLE SHOULDER TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84871611637     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2531-0     Document Type: Article

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