Treatment of displaced lateral clavicle fractures with the AO hook plate

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 468-470

  Bhangal, Kuldeep K ^b   Evans, Stuart C ^b   Gibbons, Charles E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clavicle fixation; Clavicle non union; Hook plate; Lateral clavicle fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HOOK PLATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PLATE FIXATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751566802     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-006-6012-6     Document Type: Article

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