Incidence of anterior interosseous nerve palsy in supracondylar humerus fractures in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 502-505

  Cramer, Kathryn E ^a   Green, Neil E ^a   Devito, Dennis P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior interosseous nerve; Nerve lesions; Supracondylar humerus fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPEN REDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMAN; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0027210684     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199307000-00015     Document Type: Article

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