Undisplaced femoral neck fracture in the elderly

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 90-93

  Chiu, F Y ^a   Lo, W H ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030052685     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00573448     Document Type: Article

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