Case report: Metaphyseal osteolysis around a titanium reconstruction nail

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-377

  Foguet, Pedro ^a   Hashmi, Faiz ^a,b   Lawrence, Trevor ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0037403879     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00318-2     Document Type: Article

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