Retrograde nailing of fractures of the femoral shaft

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Starr, A J ^a   Bucholz, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE NAIL; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032820580     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0890(99)90009-9     Document Type: Article

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