Surgical treatment for distal clavicle fracture associated with coracoclavicular ligament rupture using a cannulated screw fixation technique

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1358-1361

  Zhe Jin, Cheng ^a   Kim, Hyun Kon ^a   Min, Byoung Hyun ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cannulated screw; Coracoclavicular (CC) ligament rupture; Type II distal clavicle fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CALLUS; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORACOCLAVICULAR LIGAMENT RUPTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33745259025     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000220385.34197.f9     Document Type: Article

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