Elevated, straight-arm traction for supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-87

  Gadgil, A ^a   Hayhurst, C ^b   Maffulli, N ^b   Dwyer, J S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MALFORMATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METAPHYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; PARALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12444327801     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B1.14584     Document Type: Article

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