Insufficiency fracture of the femoral neck after intramedullary nailing

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 304-306

  Kitajima, Izuru ^a   Tachibana, Shintaro ^a   Mikami, Yoshihisa ^a   Mori, Toshihito ^a   Hirota, Yutaka ^a   Nakamichi, Kenichi ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femoral neck; Insufficiency fracture; Intramedullary nail

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032805816     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050108     Document Type: Article

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