Complications following the use of the Marchetti flexible intramedullary nail

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 735-738

  Hargreaves, D G ^a,b   Warren, P J ^a   Pereira, J A ^a   Hollingdale, J P ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030433735     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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