Distal radius fractures in children: Substantial difference in stability between buckle and greenstick fractures

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-589

  Randsborg, Per Henrik ^a   Sivertsen, Einar A ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BUCKLE FRACTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GREENSTICK FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70450178538     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670903316850     Document Type: Article

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