Midshaft clavicular fractures: Comparison of intramedullary pin and plate fixation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1114-1117

  Kleweno, Conor P ^a   Jawa, Andrew ^b   Wells, Jessica H ^c   O'Brien, Travis G ^c   Higgins, Laurence D ^d   Harris, Mitchel B ^d   Warner, Jon J P ^c  

^a Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Intramedullary pin; Level III; Midclavicular; Plating; Retrospective Case Control Study; Rockwood pin; Trauma; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053052700     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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