Supracondylar humeral fractures in children. Ten years' experience in a teaching hospital

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-365

  Mangwani, J ^a,d   Nadarajah, R ^b   Paterson, J M H ^c  

^a East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BOY; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GIRL; GROWTH DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INFANT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN BRUISING; ULNAR NERVE; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; BONE WIRES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644940857     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B3.16425     Document Type: Article

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