Are frequent radiographs necessary in the management of closed forearm fractures in children?

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Bochang, Chen ^a   Katz, Kalman ^b,c   Weigl, Daniel ^b,c   Jie, Yang ^a   Zhigang, Wang ^a   Bar On, Elhanan ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Follow up; Forearm; Fracture; Radiographic examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349152321     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-008-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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