Above and below-the-elbow plaster casts for distal forearm fractures in children: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Bohm, Eric R ^a   Bubbar, Vic ^b   Hing, Ken Yong ^b   Dzus, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 30344439151     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00320     Document Type: Article

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