Treatment of supracondylar femoral fractures with a retrograde intramedullary nail

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 332, Issue , 1996, Pages 90-97

  Gellman, Richard E ^a   Paiement, Guy D ^a,b   Green, Hillary D ^a   Coughlin, R Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029804252     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199611000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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