Does delay matter? The restoration of objectively measured shoulder strength and patient-oriented outcome after immediate fixation versus delayed reconstruction of displaced midshaft fractures of the clavicle

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-518

  Potter, Jeffrey M ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a   Wild, Lisa M ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   McKee, Michael D ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLAVICLE; COHORT STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548660564     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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