Treatment of intertrochanteric fractures in geriatric patients with a modified external fixator

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 635-643

  Tomak, Yilmaz ^a   Kocaoglu, Mehmet ^b   Piskin, Ahmet ^a   Yildiz, Cemil ^c   Gulman, Birol ^a   Tomak, Leman ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Closed reduction; Dynamic hip screw; External fixation; Gamma nail; Ilizarov; Internal fixation; Intertrochanteric fractures; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SURGICAL RISK; VARUS DEFORMITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 17044416866     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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