Percutaneous K-wiring for Gartland type III supracondylar humerus fractures in children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-606

  Khan, Abdul Q ^a   Goel, Siddharth ^a   Abbas, Mazhar ^a   Sherwani, Mohammad Khalid A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDIA; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE WIRES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34447249269     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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