The treatment of displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. A comparison of three methods

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-265

  Ababneh, M ^a   Shannak, A ^a   Agabi, S ^a   Hadidi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

BONE WIRES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031665580     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050255     Document Type: Article

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