Femoral shaft fractures in children treated by closed reduction and early spica cast with incorporated supracondylar Kirschner wires: A long-term follow-up results

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Şahin, Vedat ^a   Baktir, Ali ^a   Yildirim Turk C ^a   Karakaş, Eyüp S ^a   Serpil Aktas ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

BONE WIRES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032906773     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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