Posttraumatic genu valgum: Operative versus nonoperative treatment

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 518-521

  McCarthy, James J ^b   Kim, David H ^a   Eilert, Robert E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Genu valgum; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS KNEE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031697755     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199807000-00023     Document Type: Article

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