Lateral-Entry Pin Fixation in the Management of Supracondylar Fractures in Children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 702-707

  Skaggs, David L ^a   Cluck, Michael W ^a   Mostofi, Amir ^a   Flynn, John M ^a   Kay, Robert M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 1842526434     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200404000-00006     Document Type: Article

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