Clavicle fractures: A comparison of five classification systems and their relationship to treatment outcomes

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 909-914

  O'Neill, Barry James ^a   Hirpara, Kieran Michael ^a   O'Briain, David ^a   McGarr, Caroline ^a   Kaar, T Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLMAN CLASSIFICATION; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAIG CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEER CLASSIFICATION; NORDQVIST AND PETERSSON CLASSIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ROBINSON CLASSIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; INFANT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053070531     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-1151-0     Document Type: Review

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