Avascular necrosis and nonunion after osteosynthesis of femoral neck fractures: Effect of fracture displacement and time to surgery

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Karaeminogullari, Oguz ^a   Demirors, Huseyin ^a   Atabek, Mesut ^a   Tuncay, Cengiz ^a   Tandogan, Reha ^a   Ozalay, Metin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral neck fracture; Internal fixation; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TIME;

EID: 12344314001     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850038     Document Type: Article

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