Surgical treatment of clavicular fractures in Finland - A register based study between 1987 and 2010

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1899-1903

  Huttunen, Tuomas T ^a,b,d   Kannus, Pekka ^b,c,d   Lepola, Vesa ^b   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^e   Mattila, Ville M ^b,f  

^a District Hospital of Valkeakoski   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clavicle fracture; Epidemiology; Finland; Fracture fixation; Hospital discharge register; Operative treatment; Register study; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER SURGERY; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84887053559     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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