Is routine removal of intramedullary nails justified?

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-81

  Boerger, T O ^a   Patel, G ^b   Murphy, J P ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KNEE; LEG; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; WALKING AID;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032926943     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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