Kirschner wire migration causing spinal cord injury one year after internal fixation of a clavicle fracture

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-392

  Fransen, Patrick ^a,b   Bourgeois, Sylvie ^a,b   Rommens, Jacques ^a,b  

^a Clinique du Parc Leopold   (Belgium)

^b Braine L'Alleud Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clavicle fracture; K wire migration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

ADULT; BONE WIRES; CLAVICLE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447276919     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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