Non-union of a fracture of the 8th rib

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-148

  Morgan Jones, Rhidian L ^a,b   Mackie, I G ^a  

^a Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b Laurel House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; X RAY;

EID: 0030023540     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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