Treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures with the AO trochanteric fixation nail

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Gardner, Michael J ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Lawrence, Brandon D ^a   Helfet, David L ^a   Lorich, Dean G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CHILD; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 14544302775     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20050201-11     Document Type: Article

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