Complex traumatic-degenerative injury of the proximal metaepiphysis of the humerus
Chir Organi Mov. 2001 Jan-Mar;86(1):55-8.
[Article in
English,
Italian]
Affiliation
- 1 Centro di Chirurgia della Spalla, Villa Serena, Forlì.
Abstract
The authors describe one case of displaced fracture of the proximal third of the humerus with high-grade degenerative arthropathy in the humeral head and in the glenoid surface on a humerus that had previously been treated thirty years earlier with a Delitala intramedullary nail for diaphyseal fracture.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Arthritis / etiology*
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Arthritis / rehabilitation
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Arthritis / surgery*
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Arthroplasty, Replacement*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* / adverse effects
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Humans
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Humeral Fractures / complications*
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Humeral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
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Joint Prosthesis
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Male
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Shoulder Joint*
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Time Factors
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed