Slotted intramedullary hip screw nails reduce proximal mechanical unloading

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 406, Issue , 2003, Pages 176-184

  Hardy, Dominique C R ^a,b   Drossos, Konstantin ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Orthopaedic/Traumatologic Surgery   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; BONE STRESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037236194     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200301000-00027     Document Type: Article

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