Displaced fractures of the distal femur in elderly patients: Operative versus non-operative treatment

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-114

  Butt, M S ^a,b   Krikler, S J ^a,c   Ali, M S ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Trauma and Orthhopaedics ^*

^c Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENESCENCE; SKELETON TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030032270     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b1.0780110     Document Type: Article

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