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Comparing the mechanical strength of hip spica cast between a conventional and a new method of application

PURPOSE: The current technique of hip spica application is mostly based on a publication by Kumar (J Pediatr Orthop 1(1):97–99, 1981). We modified the technique of hip spica application in order to reduce the rate of breakage across the hip joint and designed this study to compare the strength betwe...

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Autores principales: Wan, Kwong-Lee, Shanmugam, Rukmanikanthan, Lee, Kun-Yun, Saw, Aik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27614766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-016-0770-4