Clinical outcome of nerve injuries associated with supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. The experience of a specialist referral centre

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-94

  Ramachandran, M ^a   Birch, R ^a   Eastwood, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 31144450913     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B1.16869     Document Type: Review

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