Leg length inequality and rotational deformity after femoral shaft fractures in children;Beinlengdeforskjell og rotasjonsfeil etter strekkbehandling av femurskaftfraktur hos barn

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3419-3423

  Nordbø, Turid ^a,b   Isern, Anne Elisabeth Fløystad ^a,c   Terjesen, Terje ^a,b   Svenningsen, Svein ^a,d  

^a Ortopedisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Kvinneklinikken   (Norway)

^d Aust Agder Sentralsjukehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTATION; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; ROTATION; TRACTION;

EID: 0032552327     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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