Cervical hip fractures do not occur in arthrotic joints: A clinicoradiographic study of 256 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-386

  Dretakis, Emmanouel K ^a   Steriopoulos, Konstantinos A ^a   Kontakis, George M ^a   Giaourakis, George ^b   Economakis, George ^a   Dretakis, Konstantinos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; WALKING AID; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0031690562     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808999051     Document Type: Article

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