Pediatric wrist buckle fractures: Should we just splint and go?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 397-401

  Plint, Amy C ^a,c   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Tsang, Jennifer L Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Fracture, wrist; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18244397172     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009386     Document Type: Review

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