Surgical treatment of pathologic peritrochanteric femur fractures caused by metastatic disease

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 62-68

  Hefele, Mary Skrzynski ^a  

^a Portland Orthopedic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MOBILIZATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032448683     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-199812000-00011     Document Type: Article

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