Open fractures of the forearm in children

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-118

  Greenbaum, Bradley ^a   Zionts, Lewis E ^a,c   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Forearm; Open fracture; Radius; Ulna

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM INJURIES; BONE NAILS; CALIFORNIA; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0035259727     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200102000-00007     Document Type: Article

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