Sternal fractures: Anterior plating rationale

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1344-1346

  Bonney, Shawn ^a   Lenczner, Eric ^a   Harvey, Edward J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; STERNUM;

EID: 11144235525     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000074754.92150.87     Document Type: Article

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