The retrograde intramedullary supracondylar nail: An alternative in the treatment of distal femoral fractures in the elderly?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 92-95

  Janzing, H M J ^a   Stockman, B ^a   Van Damme, G ^a   Rommens, P ^a   Broos, P L O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032432390     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050320     Document Type: Article

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