title: Forearm shaft fractures:  does fixation improve outcomes?
authors.affiliation: Monroe Carrell Jr Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 97232, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mencio
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001860:Bone Plates; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*