Awareness of tip-apex distance reduces failure of fixation of trochanteric fractures of the hip

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 969-971

  Baumgaertner, Michael R ^a,b   Solberg, Brian D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0030720275     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.7949     Document Type: Article

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