Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating fractures of the middle third of the clavicle

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lenza, Mário ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b   Johnston, Renea V ^b   Belloti, João Carlos ^c   Faloppa, Flávio ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE THIRD CLAVICLE FRACTURE; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; BANDAGE; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPLINT; FRACTURES, BONE;

BANDAGES; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891707505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009363.pub2     Document Type: Review

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