Dynamic scanning in the transverse plane for ultrasound-guided fracture reduction

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 805-

  Tsung, James W ^a   Blaivas, Michael ^b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; IMAGING; LETTER; LONG BONE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 73349087494     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181bec9b9     Document Type: Letter

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