Coracoclavicular screw fixation for unstable distal clavicle fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 693-696

  Macheras, George ^a   Kateros, Konstantinos T ^a   Savvidou, Olga D ^a   Sofianos, John ^a   Fawzy, Ernest A ^b   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Horton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 22544463365     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20050701-18     Document Type: Article

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