Advances in the surgical management of pediatric femoral shaft fractures

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Kuremsky, Marshall A ^a   Frick, Steven L ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nailing; Pediatric femur fractures; Submuscular plating

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PEDIATRICS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CHILD; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS;

EID: 33846306381     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3280123142     Document Type: Review

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