Protocol for the ProFHER (PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation) trial: a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of surgical versus non-surgical treatment for proximal fracture of the humerus in adults

BACKGROUND: Proximal humeral fractures, which occur mainly in older adults, account for approximately 4 to 5% of all fractures. Approximately 40% of these fractures are displaced fractures involving the surgical neck. Management of this group of fractures is often challenging and the outcome is freq...

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Autores principales: Handoll, Helen, Brealey, Stephen, Rangan, Amar, Torgerson, David, Dennis, Laura, Armstrong, Alison, Chuang, Ling-Hsiang, Cross, Ben, Dumville, Jo, Gardner, Sarah, Goodchild, Lorna, Hamilton, Sharon, Hewitt, Catherine, Madhok, Rajan, Maffulli, Nicola, Micklewright, Lucy, Wadsworth, Valerie, Wallace, Angus, Williams, John, Worthy, Gill
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Study protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19917097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-140

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