Necrosis of the femoral head after fixation of trochanteric fractures with Gamma Locking Nail: A cause of late mechanical failure

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Vicario, C ^a,b   Marco, F ^a   Ortega, L ^a   Alcobendas, M ^a   Dominguez, I ^a   Lopez Duran L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NAIL; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037307053     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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