Supracondylar fractures: Posterolateral type with brachialis muscle penetration and neurovascular injury

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 518-522

  Rasool, M N ^a   Naidoo, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buttonholed brachialis; Neurovascular injury; Posterolateral type; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

EID: 0033004723     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199907000-00019     Document Type: Article

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