Fractures of the fifth metatarsal in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-431

  Herrera Soto, Jose A ^a,b   Scherb, Michael ^a   Duffy, Michael F ^a   Albright, Jay C ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Fleck; Intra articular; Jones fracture; Metatarsal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34249898875     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000271323.56610.da     Document Type: Article

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