Loss of pin fixation in displaced supracondylar humeral fractures in children: Causes and prevention

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 713-717

  Sankar, Wudbhav N ^a   Hebela, Nader M ^a   Skaggs, David L ^b   Flynn, John M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147154821     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00076     Document Type: Article

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