The role of medial comminution and calcar restoration in varus collapse of proximal humeral fractures treated with locking plates

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Ponce, Brent A ^a   Thompson, Kevin J ^a   Raghava, Parthasarathy ^a   Eberhardt, Alan W ^a   Tate, Janet P ^b   Volgas, David A ^b   Stannard, James P ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CALCAR RESTORATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT STABILITY; LOCKING PLATE; MEDIAL COMMINUTION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; VARUS COLLAPSE; VARUS DEFORMITY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84896387090     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00202     Document Type: Article

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