Comparison of hook plate and tension band wire in the treatment of distal clavicle fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hsu, Tzu Liang ^a,b   Hsu, Shao Keh ^b   Chen, Hsueh Ming ^b   Wang, Shih Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HOOK PLATING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TENSION BAND WIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651352671     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20101021-04     Document Type: Article

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