Femoral metastatic fractures treated with intramedullary nailing

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-103

  Gibbons, C E R ^a,c   Pope, S J ^a   Murphy, J P ^b   Hall, A J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034120461     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640000114     Document Type: Article

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