Current practice in the management of acute/unstable slipped capital femoral epiphyses in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands: Results of a survey of the membership of the british society of children's orthopaedic surgery and the werkgroep kinder orthopaedie

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-83

  Witbreuk, Melinda ^a,b,c   Besselaar, Philip ^a   Eastwood, Deborah ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Orthopaedic Department G4   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute; Survey results; Unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EPIPHYSES, SLIPPED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846849336     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000236234.64893.92     Document Type: Article

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