Documentation of fracture severity with the AO classification of pediatric long-bone fractures

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-253

  Slongo, Theddy ^a   Audigé, Laurent ^b   Lutz, Nicolas ^c   Frick, Steve ^d   Schmittenbecher, Peter ^e   Hunter, James ^f   Clavert, Jean Michel ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatric Surgery   (Germany)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INTERNET; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METAPHYSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; DOCUMENTATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34247648593     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710013753     Document Type: Review

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