Operative treatment of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children : The Cincinnati experience

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Mehlman, C T ^a   Crawford, A H ^a,b   Mcmillion, T L ^a   Roy, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Operative treatment; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; OHIO; RADIAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030511779     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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