Dynamic Hip Screw with Trochanteric Stabilizing Plate in the Treatment of Unstable Proximal Femoral Fractures: A Comparative Study with the Gamma Nail and Compression Hip Screw

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Madsen, Jan Erik ^a,b   Næss, Leif ^a   Aune, Arne Kristian ^a   Alho, Antti ^c   Ekeland, Arne ^b   Strømsøe, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compression hip screw; Dynamic hip screw; Gamma nail; Trochanteric supporting plate; Unstable trochanteric fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032059914     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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