Ender rod fixation of femoral shaft fractures in children

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 376, Issue , 2000, Pages 119-123

  Cramer, Kathryn E ^a,d   Tornetta III, Paul ^b   Spero, Charles R ^c   Alter, Steven ^c   Miraliakbar, Hamid ^c   Teefey, Jon ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAIT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033938573     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200007000-00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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