Calcar screws and adequate reduction reduced the risk of fixation failure in proximal humeral fractures treated with a locking plate: 190 patients followed for a mean of 3 years

BACKGROUND: Fixation of proximal humeral fractures (PHF) with locking plates has gained popularity over conservative treatment, but surgery may be complicated with infection, non-union, avascular necrosis (AVN) of the humeral head and fixation failure. Failure to achieve structural support of the me...

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Autores principales: Oppebøen, Sjur, Wikerøy, Annette K. B., Fuglesang, Hendrik F. S., Dolatowski, Filip C., Randsborg, Per-Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-018-0906-y

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