Consistency of long-term outcome of acute Rockwood grade III acromioclavicular joint separations after K-wire transfixation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1666-1671

  Leidel, Bernd A ^a,d   Braunstein, Volker ^a,b   Kirchhoff, Chlodwig ^c   Pilotto, Susann ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a   Biberthaler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AC joint; Long term outcome; Rockwood grade III acromioclavicular joint separation; Rockwood type III acromioclavicular joint dislocation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749094894     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818c1455     Document Type: Article

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