Complications of titanium and stainless steel elastic nail fixation of pediatric femoral fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1305-1313

  Wall, Eric J ^a   Jain, Viral ^a   Vora, Vagmin ^b   Mehlman, Charles T ^a   Crawford, Alvin H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELAYED UNION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NAIL IRRITATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROD BREAKAGE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 44649109671     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00328     Document Type: Article

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