Use of an interlocked cephalomedullary nail for subtrochanteric fracture stabilization

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 348, Issue , 1998, Pages 95-100

  French, Bruce G ^a   Tornetta III, Paul ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031921335     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199803000-00016     Document Type: Article

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