Elastic stable intramedullary nailing for unstable femoral fractures in children: Preliminary results of a new method

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 372-378

  Linhart, Wolfgang E ^a   Roposch, Andreas ^b  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032802066     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00028     Document Type: Article

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