Retrograde nailing of femur fractures in patients with myelopathy and who are nonambulatory

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 373, Issue , 2000, Pages 218-226

  Chin, Kingsley R ^a   Altman, Daniel T ^b   Altman, Gregory T ^c   Mitchell, Thomas M ^a   Tomford, William W ^a   Lhowe, David W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0033996990     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200004000-00026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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