Hook-plate fixation of unstable lateral clavicle fractures: A report on 63 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-649

  Flinkkilä, Tapio ^a   Ristiniemi, Jukka ^a   Lakovaara, Martti ^a   Hyvönen, Pekka ^a   Leppilahti, Juhana ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONSTANT SCORE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FROZEN SHOULDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXFORD SCORE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747696567     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610012737     Document Type: Article

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