Biases in a randomized comparison of three types of screw fixation in displaced femoral neck fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 463-468

  Alho, Antti ^a,d   Austdal, Svein ^c   Benterud, Jan G ^a   Blikra, Georg ^b   Lerud, Per ^b   Raugstad, T Steinar ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031759094     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808997779     Document Type: Article

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