Intramedullary K-wire fixation of pediatric forearm fractures and effects on the wrist

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 866-870

  Bombaci, Hasan ^a   Guneri, Bulent ^a   Caboglu, Ferhat ^a   Gorgec, Mucahit ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35648991500     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071001-08     Document Type: Article

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