A randomized trial of 'soft cast' for distal radius buckle fractures in children

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 594-597

  Khan, Khalid Sarwar ^a,b   Grufferty, Aidan ^a   Gallagher, Olga ^a   Moore, David P ^a   Fogarty, Esmond ^a   Dowling, Frank ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Distal radius fracture; Soft cast; Torus fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748936171     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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