Treatment of severely displaced proximal humeral fractures in children with elastic stable intramedullary nailing

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Chee, Yuhan ^a   Agorastides, Ioannis ^a   Garg, Neeraj ^a   Bass, Alf ^a   Bruce, Colin ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children fracture; Elastic stable intramedullary nail (ESIN); Flexible nail; Nancy nail; Proximal humeral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; METAPHYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28044432089     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200601000-00010     Document Type: Article

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