Cutting-out of the lag screw after internal fixation with the Asiatic gamma nail

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Kawaguchi, Satoshi ^a,b   Sawada, Kazuzi ^a   Nabeta, Yuki ^a  

^a Nikko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nikko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031925810     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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