Surgical treatment of traumatic pediatric humeral diaphyseal fractures with titanium elastic nails

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Garg, Sumeet ^a,b   Dobbs, Matthew B ^a,b   Schoenecker, Perry L ^a,b,c   Luhmann, Scott J ^a,b,c   Gordon, J Eric ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Elastic nails; Fixation; Fracture; Humerus; Intramedullary; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349109321     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-009-0166-9     Document Type: Article

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