Mechanical Complications Associated with the Use of the Unreamed AO Femoral Intramedullary Nail with Spiral Blade: First Experiences with Thirty-Five Consecutive Cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-189

  Broos, P L O ^a   Reynders, P ^a   Vanderspeeten, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Device breakage; Metastatic fracture; Spiral blade; Subtrochanteric fracture; Unreamed femoral nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032019784     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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