Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis: Does percutaneous plating disrupt femoral blood supply less than the traditional technique?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 401-406

  Farouk, Osama ^a   Krettek, Christian ^b   Miclau, Theodore ^c   Schandelmaier, Peter ^a   Guy, Pierre ^a   Tscherne, Harald ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Femur; Fracture; Internal fixation; Minimally invasive osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033173645     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199908000-00002     Document Type: Article

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