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Cast index in predicting outcome of proximal pediatric forearm fractures

BACKGROUND: Many pediatric forearm fractures can be treated in plaster following closed reduction. The cast index (CI, a ratio of anteroposterior to lateral internal diameters of the cast at the fracture site) is a simple, reliable marker of quality of molding and a CI of >0.8 correlates with inc...

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Autores principales: Sheikh, Hassaan Qaiser, Malhotra, Karan, Wright, Phil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229159
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.159609