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The Position and Number of Screws Influence Screw Perforation of the Humeral Head in Modern Locking Plates

Johannes Erhardt, Karl Stoffel, J. Kampshoff, Nicole Badur, Piers Yates, Markus S. Kuster

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 2012 · 57 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

We recommend to position an inferomedial support screw, and at least 5 screws in the head fragment, when using a locking plate in proximal humerus fractures with disrupted medial hinge.

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G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences

Franz Faul, Edgar Erdfelder, Albert-Georg Lang et al. · Behavior Research Methods · 2007 · 61K citations · Full text

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The Importance of Medial Support in Locked Plating of Proximal Humerus Fractures

Michael J. Gardner, Yoram A. Weil, Joseph U. Barker et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 2007 · 601 citations

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Proximal Humeral Fractures with Use of the Locking Proximal Humerus Plate

Norbert P. Südkamp, Jörg Bayer, Pierre Hepp et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2009 · 577 citations

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Proximal Humerus Fractures Using a Proximal Humeral Locked Plate: A Prospective Multicenter Analysis

Felix Brunner, Christoph Sommer, Christian Bahrs et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 2009 · 466 citations

Hybrid Locked Plating of Osteoporotic Fractures of the Humerus

Michael J. Gardner · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2006 · 169 citations