Management of paediatric clavicle fractures - Is follow-up necessary? An audit of 346 cases

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 331-333

  Calder, J D F ^a   Solan, M ^a   Gidwani, S ^a   Allen, S ^a   Ricketts, D M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Child; Clavicle fracture; Orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN DEFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036742947     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760452457     Document Type: Article

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