Femoral neck fracture complicating intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 445-447

  Deep, Kamal ^a,c   Sharp, I ^a   Hay, S M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS;

EID: 0032767371     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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