Long-term results of conservative management of midshaft clavicle fracture

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-736

  Postacchini, Roberto ^a,c   Gumina, Stefano ^b   Farsetti, Pasquale ^a   Postacchini, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BANDAGE; BONE MALFORMATION; CLAVICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

ADULT; BANDAGES; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CLAVICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955945319     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0850-x     Document Type: Article

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