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Quantifying shortening of the fractured clavicle assuming clavicular symmetry is unreliable

BACKGROUND: One of the more commonly used methods of determining the amount of shortening of the fractured clavicle is by comparing the length of the fractured side to the length of contralateral unfractured clavicle. A pre-existing natural asymmetry can make quantification of shortening using this...

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Autores principales: Hoogervorst, Paul, Appalsamy, Anand, Franken, Sebastiaan, van Kampen, Albert, Hannink, Gerjon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5958161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2912-2