Vascular injuries and their sequelae in pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures: Toward a goal of prevention

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Copley, Lawson A ^a   Dormans, John P ^a   Davidson, Richard S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Supracondylar humeral fractures; Vascular injury; Volkmann's ischemic contracture

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PULSE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030071394     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199601000-00020     Document Type: Article

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