Clinical Review

How to Manage the Top Three Orthopedic Emergencies in Children

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Distal radius fracture, radial head subluxation, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis are problems that nearly every emergency physician eventually sees in a young patient. Each has signal characteristics that point the way to speedy stabilization.


 

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