Extracapsular hip fractures: Fixation with a twin hook or a lag screw?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 249-255

  Olsson, O ^a   Ceder, L ^a   Lunsjo K ^a   Hauggaard, A ^a  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TWIN HOOK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033638349     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640000156     Document Type: Article

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