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Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care 2003; 11: 56-57
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42298
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42298
Humerus
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Operative versus Early Functional Management in Humeral Shaft Fractures: A Retrospective Study
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Publication History
Publication Date:
24 September 2003 (online)
In the literature the general opinion is to treat humeral shaft fractures conservatively. But in the literature 56 % of the humeral shaft fractures are treated operatively [7].
From 1990 till 2000 a total of 78 patients were treated for a humeral shaft fracture at the University Hospital Maastricht. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate our treatment and our long term functional results.
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