Prospective randomized controlled trial of an intramedullary nail versus dynamic screw and plate for intertrochanteric fractures of the Femur

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 394-400

  Adams, Christopher I ^a   Robinson, C Michael ^a   Court Brown, Charles M ^a   McQueen, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic hip screw; Gamma nail; Intertrochanteric femoral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035203607     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200108000-00003     Document Type: Article

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