Different ways to treat subtrochanteric fractures with the Medoff sliding plate

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 348, Issue , 1998, Pages 101-106

  Ceder, Leif ^a   Lunsjö, Karl ^a   Olsson, Ola ^a   Stigsson, Leif ^a   Hauggaard, Anders ^a  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031948450     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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