Use of the AO hook-plate for treatment of unstable fractures of the distal clavicle

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Muramatsu, K ^a   Shigetomi, M ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a   Murata, Y ^a   Taguchi, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clavicle fracture; Complication; Distal clavicle; Hook plate

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947685936     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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