"Dorgan's" percutaneous lateral cross-wiring of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 376-379

  Shannon, Fintan J ^a,c   Mohan, Prashant ^b   Chacko, Jacob ^b   D'Souza, Lester G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Clogherevagh Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cross wiring; Fracture; Humerus; Lateral; Supracondylar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 3042829638     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200407000-00006     Document Type: Article

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