Management of Acute Clavicle Fractures

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-505

  Kim, Won ^a   McKee, Michael D ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CLAVICLE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RIB FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51549118460     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2008.05.006     Document Type: Review

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