Titanium elastic stable intramedullary nailing of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: A review of 38 cases

International Journal of Shoulder Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 82-85

  Kadakia, Anish P ^a   Rambani, Rohit ^a   Qamar, Faisal ^a   McCoy, Steven ^a   Koch, Lutz ^a   Venkateswaran, Balachandran ^a  

^a Dewsbury and District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clavicle fracture; elastic stable intramedullary nailing; midshaft fractures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873398272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09736042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6042.102557     Document Type: Review

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