Compression plating versus intramedullary nailing of humeral shaft fractures--a meta-analysis.

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Published in Acta Orthop on April 01, 2006

Authors

Mohit Bhandari1, P J Devereaux, Michael D McKee, Emil H Schemitsch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster Univerisity, Ontario, Canada. bhandam@mcmaster.ca

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