Treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1182-1188

  Mostafa, Maged M ^a   Hassan, Mohamed G ^a   Gaballa, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Femoral shaft; Plating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035675433     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200112000-00027     Document Type: Article

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