Clinical research fails to support more aggressive management of pediatric upper extremity fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1345-1350

  Eismann, Emily A ^a   Little, Kevin J ^a   Kunkel, Samuel T ^a   Cornwall, Roger ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGEON; WRIST FRACTURE; ARM; ARM INJURY; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84886741666     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00764     Document Type: Article

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