Predictors of Early Failure of Fixation in the Treatment of Displaced Subcapital Hip Fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 230-234

  Chua, D ^a,e   Jaglal, S B ^a,b,c,d   Schatzker, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Musculoskel Hlth Status Working G   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Hosp Manpower Devmt Prog Adv O   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Operative treatment; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032062880     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199805000-00002     Document Type: Article

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