Intramedullary wire fixation for unstable forearm fractures in children

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 966-973

  Altay, Murat ^a   Aktekin, Cem Nuri ^a   Ozkurt, Bülent ^a   Birinci, Bariş ^a   Ozturk, Akif Muhtar ^a   Tabak, A Yalçin ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Forearm fractures; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE WIRES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 33748177310     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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