Minimal incision technique using a two-hole plate for fixation of stable intertrochanteric hip fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-274

  DiPaola, Matthew ^a   Rozbruch, S Robert ^b   Helfet, David L ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GUIDE WIRE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1642487250     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040301-10     Document Type: Article

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