External fixation in unstable intertrochanteric fractures of femur

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-142

  Kamble, K T ^a,b   Murthy, B S ^a   Pal, V ^a   Rao K S ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0030049694     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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