Comparison between operative and nonoperative treatment methods in the management of comminuted fractures of the clavicle

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Mirzatolooei, Fardin ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Clavicle; Comminuted fracture; Open reduction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLAVICLE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954990681     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2011.2431     Document Type: Article

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