Displaced fractures of the femoral shaft in children: Unique features and therapeutic options

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 353, Issue , 1998, Pages 86-96

  Greene, Walter B ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031880771     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199808000-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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