Pediatric elbow trauma

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 425-434

  Skaggs, David ^a   Pershad, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condyle fractures; Dislocation of elbow; Elbow trauma; Nusemaids elbow; Radius fracture; Ulna fracture

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW INJURY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PULSE RATE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SUBLUXATION; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031458772     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00021     Document Type: Review

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