Fixation of transverse fractures of the sternum and sacrum with the locking compression plate system: Two case reports

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 487-490

  Sommer, Christoph ^a  

^a Abteilung für Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Plate; Sacrum; Sternum; Transverse fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPORT INJURY; STERNUM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; SACRUM; STERNUM;

EID: 24644497140     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000149873.99394.86     Document Type: Article

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