Shoulder function after surgical treatment of displaced fractures of the humeral shaft: A randomized trial comparing antegrade intramedullary nailing with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 767-774

  Benegas, Eduardo ^a   Ferreira Neto, Arnaldo Amado ^a   Gracitelli, Mauro Emilio Conforto ^a   Malavolta, Eduardo Angeli ^a   Assunção, Jorge Henrique ^a   Prada, Flávia De Santis ^a   Bolliger Neto, Raul ^a   Mattar, Rames ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone plates; Fracture fixation; Humeral shaft fractures; Intramedullary nail; Shoulder; Shoulder function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROBERG MORREY SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PLATE OSTEOSYNTHESIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER FUNCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMERAL SHAFT FRACTURES; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FUNCTION;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84900564267     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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