Distal clavicle fractures: A current review

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Ritchie, Paul K ^a   McCarty, Eric C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal clavicle fracture; Nonoperative; Operative; Treatment

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE;

BONE REMODELING; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142674314     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200408000-00011     Document Type: Review

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