Early intrathoracic migration of Kirschner wires used for percutaneous osteosynthesis of a two-part humeral neck fracture: A case report

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-52

  Mellado, J M ^a   Calmet, J ^a,b   Garcia Forcada I L ^a   Sauri A ^a   Gine J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WIRE FIXATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FIBULA; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544358739     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-004-0361-4     Document Type: Article

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