Complications of intramedullary fixation of pediatric forearm fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-21

  Cullen, Mark C ^a,b   Roy, Dennis R ^a,d   Giza, Eric ^a,c   Crawford, Alvin H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OSB 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Forearm fracture; Intramedullary fixation

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; NERVE INJURY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SYNOSTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOSTOSIS; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0031965057     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199801000-00004     Document Type: Article

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