Distal locking of femoral nails under direct vision through a cortical window

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 574-577

  Kanellopoulos, Anastasios D ^a   Yiannakopoulos, Christos K ^a   Vossinakis, Ioannis ^b   Badras, Leonidas S ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distal targeting; Femur; Fracture; Interlocking nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141507896     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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