Treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children: A clinical trial;Traitement des fractures diaphysaires du femur chez l'enfant: Un essai clinique

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 728-734

  Malo, M ^a   Grimard, G ^a   Morin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Femoral shaft fracture; Functional brace; Spica cast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLASTER CAST; SKELETON TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033303966     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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