Intramedullary nailing of the femur with an inflatable self-locking nail: Comparison with locked nailing

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 796-801

  Lepore, Luciano ^a   Lepore, Stefano ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c,d  

^a Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico ASLNA1   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expandable; Intramedullary nailing; Self locking; Unreamed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0346251159     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0709-8     Document Type: Article

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