Unreamed intramedullary nailing for pathological femoral fractures. Good results in 30 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  Giannoudis, Panagiotis V ^a   Bastawrous, Salah S ^a   Bunola, Jose A ^a   Macdonald, David A ^a   Smith, R Malcolm ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0033031131     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909000953     Document Type: Article

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