OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS IN CHILDREN

The authors present a comprehensive review of the literature emphasizing the use of flexible intramedullary nails in the treatment of fractures in children, focusing the treatment of femoral shaft and forearm fractures and emphasizing the importance of the non-surgical approach. Children's age...

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Autores principales: Alvachian Fernandes, Helio Jorge, Saad, Eduardo Abdalla, Reis, Fernando Baldy dos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30266-4
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author Alvachian Fernandes, Helio Jorge
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description The authors present a comprehensive review of the literature emphasizing the use of flexible intramedullary nails in the treatment of fractures in children, focusing the treatment of femoral shaft and forearm fractures and emphasizing the importance of the non-surgical approach. Children's age and weight threshold are not well defined for the use of the method. The removal of implants is a controversial matter in the literature, with a trend towards keeping the implants.
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spelling pubmed-47836832016-03-21 OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS IN CHILDREN Alvachian Fernandes, Helio Jorge Saad, Eduardo Abdalla Reis, Fernando Baldy dos Rev Bras Ortop Update The authors present a comprehensive review of the literature emphasizing the use of flexible intramedullary nails in the treatment of fractures in children, focusing the treatment of femoral shaft and forearm fractures and emphasizing the importance of the non-surgical approach. Children's age and weight threshold are not well defined for the use of the method. The removal of implants is a controversial matter in the literature, with a trend towards keeping the implants. Elsevier 2015-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4783683/ /pubmed/27004183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30266-4 Text en © 2009 Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS IN CHILDREN
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title_short OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS IN CHILDREN
title_sort osteosynthesis with intramedullary nails in children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783683/
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