First experience with the use of compression cerclage Gundolf in orthopaedic and trauma surgery. A preliminary report

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 448-452

  Korovessis, P ^a,b   Baikousis, A ^a   Stamatakis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031717726     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050290     Document Type: Article

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