Painful nonunion of multiple rib fractures managed by operative stabilization

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-321

  Cacchione, Robert N ^a   Richardson, J David ^a   Seligson, David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033994946     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200002000-00023     Document Type: Article

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