Treatment of the acute traumatic acromioclavicular separation

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Bishop, Julie Y ^a,b   Kaeding, Christopher ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromioclavicular joint separation; Acromioclavicular reconstruction; Conoid; Coracoclavicular ligaments; Trapezoid

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ACROMION; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 33751061037     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsa.0000212330.32969.6e     Document Type: Review

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