The Holland nail®: A universal implant for fractures of the proximal femur and the femoral shaft

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-178

  Krastman, P ^a   Welvaart, W N ^a   Breugem, S J M ^a   Van Vugt, A B ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Femoral shaft fracture; Hip fracture; Holland nail ; Intramedullary nail; Osteosynthesis; Pathological fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCREW; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERFORATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND INFECTION; BONE NAIL; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0345742748     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00165-7     Document Type: Article

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