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Locking nail versus locking plate for proximal humeral fracture fixation in an elderly population: a prospective randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Proximal humeral fractures (PHFs) are the third most common fracture in older patients. The purpose of the study was to prospectively evaluate the outcomes of PHF fixation with a locking blade nail (LBN) or locking plate (PHILOS) osteosynthesis in a homogeneous elderly patient population...

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Autores principales: Plath, Johannes E., Kerschbaum, Christian, Seebauer, Tobias, Holz, Rainer, Henderson, Daniel J. H., Förch, Stefan, Mayr, Edgar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6329164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30630465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2399-1