Surgical technique for supracondylar fracture of the humerus with percutaneous leverage pinning

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 603-606

  Sawaizumi, Takuya ^a   Takayama, Akinori ^a   Ito, Hiromoto ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELBOW; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS LEVERAGE PINNING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0346219393     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(03)00205-2     Document Type: Article

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