Subsequent displacement of initially nondisplaced and minimally displaced fractures of the lateral humeral condyle in children

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1202-1207

  Pirker, Martina E ^a   Weinberg, Annelie M ^a   Höllwarth, Michael E ^a   Haberlik, Axel ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Conservative treatment; Follow up; Lateral humeral condyle; Nondisplaced fractures; Radiographs; Subsequent displacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LATERAL HUMERUS CONDYLE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY DISPLACED FRACTURE; NONDISPLACED FRACTURE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22544465269     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000169869.08723.C8     Document Type: Article

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