Open or closed pinning for distal humerus fractures in children?

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-81

  De Buys Roessingh, Anthony S ^a   Reinberg, O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Distal humerus; Fractures; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITUS VALGUS; CUBITUS VARUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OPEN PINNING FIXATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERCUTANEOUS PINNING FIXATION; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0037251805     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.2.76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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