The Mennen plate: Unsuitable for elderly femoral peri-prosthetic fractures

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-260

  Kamineni, Srinath ^a   Ware, Howard E ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DISEASE; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033029332     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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