Risk factors for overgrowth after flexible intramedullary nailing for fractures of the femoral shaft in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 95 B, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Park, S S ^a   Noh, H ^a   Kam, M ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; FEMORAL OVERGROWTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874103949     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B2.29491     Document Type: Article

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