Percutaneous intramedullary fixation of trochanteric fractures of the femur. Clinical trial of a new hip nail

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 483-487

  Ingman, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING;

EID: 0034285208     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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