Sub- or intertrochanteric fracture following screw fixation of an intracapsular proximal femoral fracture: True complication or technical error?

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 82-86

  Pelet, St ^a   Leyvraz, P F ^a   Garofalo, R ^a   Borens, O ^a   Mouhsine, Elyazid ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fracture; Sub and intertrochanteric fracture post screwing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037247655     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.2.82     Document Type: Article

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