Percutaneous treatment of peritrochanteric fractures using the Gamma nail

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 375, Issue , 2000, Pages 30-42

  Bellabarba, Carlo ^a   Herscovici Jr , Dolfi ^b,d   Ricci, William M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0034120661     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200006000-00005     Document Type: Article

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