Interventions for treating ankle fractures in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Yeung, Denise E ^a   Jia, Xueli ^b   Miller, Clare A ^c   Barker, Simon L ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANKLE FRACTURE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GROWTH PLATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTER CAST; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FRACTURES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FRACTURES; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84962154817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010836.pub2     Document Type: Review

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