Scaphoid fractures in children and adolescents: Contemporary injury patterns and factors influencing time to union

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1210-1219

  Gholson, J Joseph ^a   Bae, Donald S ^b   Zurakowski, David ^b   Waters, Peter M ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052826113     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01729     Document Type: Article

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