Underreduced supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children: Clinical significance at skeletal maturity

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 733-738

  Simanovsky, Naum ^a   Lamdan, Ron ^a   Mosheiff, Rami ^a   Simanovsky, Natalia ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elbow flexion; Supracondylar elbow fractures; Underreduction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW FRACTURE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548735410     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181558a63     Document Type: Review

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