Surgical treatment of fractures of the distal clavicle with polydioxanone suture tension band wiring: An alternative osteosynthesis

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 535-537

  Mall, Julian W ^a   Jacobi, Christoph A ^a   Philipp, Andreas W ^a   Peter, Frank J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative osteosynthesis; Clavicle; PDS tension band wiring; Type II fracture

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSION; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036031984     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760200095     Document Type: Article

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