Locking plate fixation for pediatric femur fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-9

  Hedequist, Daniel ^a   Bishop, Julius ^a   Hresko, Timothy ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur fracture; Locking plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049087337     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0b013e31815ff301     Document Type: Article

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