The femoral supracondylar nail: Preliminary experience

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-392

  Scheerlinck, T ^a   Krallis, P ^a   Descamps, P Y ^a   Hardy, D ^a   Delince P ^a  

^a CHU ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Femur; Retrograde intramedullary nail; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032425370     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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