Complications and technical problems with the gamma nail

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-50

  Albareda, J ^a,b   Laderiga, A ^a   Palanca, D ^a   Paniagua, L ^a   Seral, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030025686     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050026     Document Type: Article

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