Treatment of displaced, proximal, humeral, epiphyseal fractures with a two-prong splint

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 578-581

  Karatosun, Vasfi ^a   Ünver, Bayram ^a   Alici, Emin ^a   Serin, Erhan ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Displaced fracture; Epiphyseal fracture; Nonoperative treatment; Proximal humerus; Two prong splint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SPLINT; SPLINTING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SPLINTS;

EID: 0141507891     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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