Midterm results of treatment with a retrograde nail for supracondylar periprosthetic fractures of the femur following total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Gliatis, John ^a   Megas, Panagiotis ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Elias ^a   Lambiris, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fractures; Nail; Periprosthetic; Retrograde; Supracondylar

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT FRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TIME; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16244366504     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200503000-00003     Document Type: Article

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