Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in children via the trochanter tip

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 376, Issue , 2000, Pages 113-118

  Townsend, Donald R ^a,b   Hoffinger, Scott ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; ISCHIALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033932202     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200007000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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