Risk factors for nonunion in 337 displaced midshaft clavicular fractures treated with Knowles pin fixation

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-22

  Wu, Chih Lung ^a,b   Chang, Hui Chin ^a,b   Lu, Ko Hsiu ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerclage wire; Displaced midshaft clavicular fracture; Knowles pin; Malunion; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CERCLAGE APPLIER; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNOWLES PIN FIXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872330169     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1631-3     Document Type: Article

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