Intramedullary femoral nailing: Removing the nail improves subjective outcome

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-249

  Toms, A D ^b   Morgan Jones, R L ^a   Spencer Jones, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN FRACTURE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036080747     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(01)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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