The use of the supracondylar nail in the management of femoral fractures in the presence of other femoral implants in the very elderly

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 671-675

  Ward, P J ^a   Goodwin, M I ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032406478     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00159-4     Document Type: Article

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