The Treatment of Distal Clavicle Fractures With Coracoclavicular Ligament Disruption: A Report of 10 Cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 524-528

  Bezer, Murat ^a   Aydin, Nuri ^a   Guven, Osman ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coracoclavicular ligament restraint loss; Distal third clavicle fracture; Neer type IIb fractures

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTANT SCORE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MODIFIED SHOULDER RATING SCALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 24944433241     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000164593.04348.e5     Document Type: Article

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