The use of external fixators in the immobilization of pediatric fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 379-382

  Norman, D ^a   Peskin, B ^a   Ehrenraich, A ^a   Rosenberg, N ^a   Bar Joseph, G ^a   Bialik, V ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; External Fixation; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 0036935476     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-001-0383-2     Document Type: Article

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