Use of flexible intramedullary nails in pediatric femur fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 497-504

  Ho, Christine Ann ^a,b   Skaggs, David L ^a,b   Tang, Chris W ^c   Kay, Robert M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c and Pasadena   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Flexible intramedullary nails; Fracture; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; PLIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748676093     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000226280.93577.c1     Document Type: Review

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