Fixation of displaced femoral neck fractures with a sliding screw plate and a cancellous screw or two Olmed screws. A prospective, randomized study of 225 elderly patients with a 3-year follow-up

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-342

  Benterud, J G ^a   Husby, T ^a   Nordsletten, L ^a   Alho, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complications of femoral neck fracture fixation; Femoral neck fracture; Treatment of femoral neck fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031468109     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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