Olecranon screw traction for displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 457-460

  Badhe, Nitin P ^a   Howard, Peter W ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TRACTION THERAPY; WIRE FIXATION;

BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MALE; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032127835     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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