The Effect of Surgical Timing on the Perioperative Complications of Treatment of Supracondylar Humeral Fractures in Children
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume
- Vol. 83 (3), 323-327
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-200103000-00002
Abstract
Background:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perioperative complication rates associated with early surgical treatment (eight hours or less following injury) and delayed surgical treatment (more than eight hours following injury) of displaced supracondylar humeral fractures in children.MKeywords
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