Treatment of delayed and nonunited fractures and osteotomies with pulsed electromagnetic field in children and adolescents

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Boyette, Melissa Y ^a   Herrera Soto, Jose A ^a  

^a ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864690175     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120621-20     Document Type: Article

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