Multicenter trial of modified Gamma nail in East Asia

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 323, Issue , 1996, Pages 146-154

  Leung, K S ^a,c   Chen, C M ^b   So, W S ^c   Sato, Katsumi ^d   Lai, C H ^e   Machaisavariya, B ^f   Suntharalingam, S ^g  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREW; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030049044     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199602000-00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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