Locking plate fixation of fractures of the proximal humerus: Analysis of complications, revision strategies and outcome

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-549

  Jost, Bernhard ^a   Spross, Christian ^a   Grehn, Holger ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angular stable implant; Case Series; Complications; Glenoid destruction; Level IV; Locking plate; Proximal humerus; Revision arthroplasty; Revision surgery; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875368262     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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