Injury
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1308-1312 , December 2009

Treatment of unstable distal clavicle fractures using two suture anchors and suture tension bands

,Accepted 12 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.013

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