Plate fixation versus intramedullary fixation for displaced mid-shaft clavicle fractures: A systematic review

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-585

  Houwert, R Marijn ^a   Wijdicks, Frans Jasper ^a   Steins Bisschop, Charlotte ^b   Verleisdonk, Egbert Jan ^a   Kruyt, Moyo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859155169     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1422-4     Document Type: Review

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