Lateral versus crossed wire fixation for displaced extension supracondylar humeral fractures in children

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 961-965

  Sibinski, Marcin ^a   Sharma, Himanshu ^a   Sherlock, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Final outcome; Humeral supracondylar fractures in children; Percutaneous pinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR NERVE; WIRE FIXATION;

BONE WIRES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 33748160076     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.02.054     Document Type: Article

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