Limb length discrepancy following titanium elastic nailing in paediatric femoral shaft fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-158

  Gogi, Nitish ^a,c   Khan, Shah Alam ^b   Varshney, Manish K ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Femoral shaft fractures; Intramedullary elastic nailing; Limb length discrepancy

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646497240     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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