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Conservative treatment, plate fixation, or prosthesis for proximal humeral fracture. A prospective randomized study

BACKGROUND: Proximal humerus fracture is the third most common fracture type after hip and distal radius fracture in elderly patients. A comprehensive study by Palvanen et al. demonstrated an increase in the annual fracture rate of 13.7% per year over the past 33 years. Should this trend continue, t...

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Autores principales: Launonen, Antti P, Lepola, Vesa, Flinkkilä, Tapio, Strandberg, Niko, Ojanperä, Johanna, Rissanen, Pekka, Malmivaara, Antti, Mattila, Ville M, Elo, Petra, Viljakka, Timo, Laitinen, Minna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22954329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-167