Assessment of stability in children's minimally displaced lateral humeral condyle fracture by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 570-572

  Kamegaya, Makoto ^a,b   Shinohara, Yuhji ^b   Kurokawa, Masahiro ^b   Ogata, Satoshi ^c  

^a Chiba Children's Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^b CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed displacement; Lateral humeral condyle fracture; MRI study; Percutaneous pin fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0032857754     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199909000-00002     Document Type: Article

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