Management of Gartland's type III supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children: The role audit and practice guidelines

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1167-1171

  Tellisi, N ^a   Abusetta, G ^a   Day, M ^a   Hamid, A ^a   Wahab, Kh A ^a   Ashammakhi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Audit; Cubitus valgus; Cubitus varus; Gartland's; Guidelines; Humerus; Re operation; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NERVE INJURY; PLASTER CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 5444242096     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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