External fixation of displaced femoral shaft fractures in children: A consecutive study of 98 fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-256

  Hedin, Hanne ^a   Hjorth, Kerstin ^b   Rehnberg, Lars ^c   Larsson, Sune ^c  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Centralsjukhuset Karlstad   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; External fixation; Femoral shaft fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037397471     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200304000-00002     Document Type: Article

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