Migration of the lag screw within the femoral head: A comparison of the intramedullary hip screw and the Gamma Asia-Pacific nail

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-107

  Watanabe, Yoshinobu ^a   Minami, Ginjiro ^a   Takeshita, Hideyuki ^a   Fujii, Toshiyuki ^a   Takai, Shinro ^a   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femoral head screw; Gamma Asia Pacific nail; Intertrochanteric fracture; Intramedullary hip screw

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036181117     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200202000-00006     Document Type: Article

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