Treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children by intramedullary Kirschner wires

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-259

  Qidwai, Shakeel Ahmad ^a   Khattak, Zafar Kamran ^a  

^a KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Femoral shaft fractures; Flexible intramedullary nails; Intramedullary K wires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0034005320     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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