Pseudarthrosis following slipped capital femoral epiphysis: Treatment with reduction with use of gradual distraction. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1552-1555

  Paley, Dror ^a   Fink, Bernd ^b   Herzenberg, John E ^c  

^a Kernan Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SKELETON TRACTION;

EID: 0030711750     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199710000-00013     Document Type: Article

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