Intramedullary versus extramedullary fixation of subtrochanteric fractures: A biomechanical study

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 580-584

  Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Olsson, Ola ^b   Pearlman, Charles A ^a   Ceder, Leif ^b   Larsson, Sune ^c   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; LOADING TEST; OSTEOPENIA; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLATE FIXATION; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032424744     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808999259     Document Type: Article

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