Retrograde intramedullary nailing of supracondylar femoral fractures: Design and development of a new implant

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 707-712

  Ingman, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036789171     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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