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Determining the development stage of the ossification centers around the elbow may aid in deciding whether to use ESIN or not in adolescents’ forearm shaft fractures

Background and purpose — Elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) is the preferred method of operative stabilization of unstable pediatric forearm shaft fractures. However, the decision whether to use ESIN or open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) in older children or teenagers is not alway...

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Autores principales: Stöckell, Markus, Pokka, Tytti, Lutz, Nicolas, Sinikumpu, Juha-Jaakko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8428268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33870827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1912895