Early weight-bearing after statically locked reamed intramedullary nailing of comminuted femoral fractures: Is it a safe procedure?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 711-716

  Arazi, Mehmet ^a,b   Öǧün, Tunç C ^a   Oktar, M Nihat ^a   Memik, Recep ^a   Kutlu, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fatigue failure; Femoral shaft fractures; Reamed nailing; Static locking; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0035059736     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200104000-00019     Document Type: Article

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