Treatment of open femur fractures in children: Comparison between external fixator and intramedullary nailing

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 748-750

  Ramseier, Leonhard Erich ^a,b   Bhaskar, Atul R ^a   Cole, William G ^a   Howard, Andrew W ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative study; External fixator; Intramedullary nailing; Open femur fracture in children

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548779207     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181558b00     Document Type: Article

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