Rushpin fixation for midshaft clavicular nonunions: Good results in 13/14 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 514-516

  Enneking, Tom J M Q ^a   Hartlief, Marianne T ^a   Fontijne, W Peter J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

EID: 0032736821     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909000991     Document Type: Article

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