Treatment of scapula fractures: Systematic review of 520 fractures in 22 case series

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-233

  Zlowodzki, Michael ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Zelle, Boris A ^a   Kregor, Philip J ^a   Cole, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Evidence based Orthopaedic Trauma Working Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CLAVICLE; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLAVICLE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646844929     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200603000-00013     Document Type: Review

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