Taming of the screw: A case report and literature review of limb-threatening complications after plate osteosynthesis of a clavicular nonunion

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 840-843

  Shackford, Steven R ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BRACHIAL ANGIOGRAPHY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BONE SCREWS; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 0346272675     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000085862.32648.05     Document Type: Article

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