SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE OF THE HUMERUS IN CHILDREN
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Supracondylar Fracture of the Humerus in Children.
Seventy-eight supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children were reviewed to compare four kinds of treatment: closed reduction and immobilization in a cast or splint, overhead skeletal traction, side-arm skeletal traction, and Dunlop's skin traction. The skeletal traction device usually used was a winged screw of our own design. The arms treated in overhead traction had significantly less ...
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عنوان ژورنال: acta medica medianae
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0365-4478,1821-2794
DOI: 10.5633/amm.2012.0301