Injury
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1302-1307 , December 2009

Prospective analysis of a new minimally invasive technique for paediatric Gartland type III supracondylar fracture of the humerus

  • Yi-An Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pi-Chang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Tso Chia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Hsin Chu General Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Huai-Jen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fang-Yao Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tain-Hsiung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Kuang Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Rd., Taipei 11217, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2875 7557; fax: +886 2 2875 7559.

,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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☆ The IRB (No. 97-12-21A) was approved by Taipei Veteran General Hospital.

PII: S0020-1383(09)00193-4

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.007

Injury
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1302-1307 , December 2009

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