Minimally invasive surgical techniques for irreducible supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 862-866

  Suh, Seung Woo ^a   Oh, Chang Wug ^b   Shingade, Viraj U ^a   Swapnil, M Keny ^a   Park, Byung Chul ^b   Lee, Seok Hyun ^c   Song, Hae Ryong ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMERUS FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644866077     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670510045507     Document Type: Article

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