Surgical treatment of midclavicular fractures in the elderly: A comparison of locking and nonlocking plates

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-

  Pai, Hsin Te ^a   Lee, Yih Shiunn ^b   Cheng, Chyi Yin ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b LIN SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MALE; MIDCLAVICULAR FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649099622     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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