The effect of femoral neck fractures on femoral head blood flow

Orthopedics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1031-1036

  Kregor, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BONE NECROSIS; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT PRESSURE; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029750751     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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