Relevance of primary reduction for the clinical outcome of femoral neck fractures treated with cancellous screws

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 404-409

  Krischak, G ^a   Beck, A ^a   Wachter, N ^a   Jakob, R ^a   Kinzl, L ^a   Suger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed reduction; Femoral neck fracture; Internal fixation; Reduction; Screw osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242551806     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0571-3     Document Type: Article

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