Retrograde intramedullary nailing of supracondylar femoral fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 350, Issue , 1998, Pages 80-84

  Helfet, David L ^a   Lorich, Dean G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031981872     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199805000-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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