Operative versus nonoperative management of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Kulshrestha, Vikas ^a   Roy, Tanmoy ^a   Audige, Laurent ^b  

^a Medical Division   (India)

^b AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clavicle; fracture; midshaft; nonoperative; operative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650791285     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d8290e     Document Type: Article

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