Surgical interventions for treating acute fractures or non-union of the middle third of the clavicle

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lenza, Mário ^a   Faloppa, Flávio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; OPEN FRACTURE REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADULT; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; INJURIES; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84944445500     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007428.pub3     Document Type: Review

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