Intramedullary nailing versus plate fixation for unstable forearm fractures in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Van Der Reis, William L ^a,c   Otsuka, Norman Y ^a   Moroz, Paul ^b   Mah, Jung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Forearm fractures; Intramedullary nailing; Plate and screws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0031976129     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199801000-00003     Document Type: Article

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