Internal fixation of femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents: A ten- to twenty-one-year follow-up of 52 fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Skak, Sören V ^a,b   Overgaard, Sören ^a   Nielsen, Jesper D ^a   Andersen, Anders ^a   Nielsen, Steen T ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Femoral shaft fracture; Internal fixation; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0029807507     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-199605030-00011     Document Type: Article

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