Early versus late femoral fracture stabilization in multiply injured pediatric patients with closed head injury

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 594-599

  Mendelson, Stephen A ^a,c   Dominick, Timothy S ^b   Tyler Kabara, Elizabeth ^a   Moreland, Morey S ^a   Adelson, P David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stabilization; Femur fracture; Head injury; Late stabilization; Pediatric patients; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BONE DEFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034876236     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200109000-00008     Document Type: Article

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