Outcome of femoral shaft fractures in the elderly

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 332, Issue , 1996, Pages 105-109

  Bouchard, Jacques A ^a   Barei, David ^a   Cayer, Danielle ^a   O'Neil, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERCLAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029807012     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199611000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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