Elastic intramedullary nailing of paediatric fractures of the forearm: A decade of experience in a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-265

  Kang, S N ^a   Mangwani, J ^a   Ramachandran, M ^a   Paterson, J M H ^a   Barry, M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAPHYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SURGEON; SURGICAL WOUND; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULNA FRACTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELASTICITY; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 79551583596     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B2.24882     Document Type: Article

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