Biaxial dynamization in unstable intertrochanteric fractures. Good experience with a simplified Medoff sliding plate in 94 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-331

  Olsson, Ola ^a   Ceder, Leif ^a   Lunsjö, Karl ^a   Hauggaard, Anders ^a  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030833459     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996171     Document Type: Article

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