Injuries to the acromioclavicular joint

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 697-707

  Fraser Moodie, J A ^a   Shortt, N L ^a   Robinson, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ANEURYSM; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BONE PLATE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; INFECTION; JOINT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPRAIN; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 45549108148     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B6.20704     Document Type: Review

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