Fracture patterns in children and young adults who fall from significant heights

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-202

  Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^b   Flynn, John M ^a   Dormans, John P ^a   Catalano, John ^c   Drummond, Denis S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Falls; Fractures; Polytrauma; Spinal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0034089373     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200003000-00013     Document Type: Article

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