Prospective analysis of a new minimally invasive technique for paediatric Gartland type III supracondylar fracture of the humerus

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1302-1307

  Li, Yi An ^a,b   Lee, Pi Chang ^a   Chia, Wei Tso ^c   Lin, Huai Jen ^d   Chiu, Fang Yao ^a,b   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a,b   Feng, Chi Kuang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Hsinchu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Gartland type III; Humerus; Minimally invasive; Prospective; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE; VARUS DEFORMITY;

BONE WIRES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 70449523252     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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