Treatment of early cut-out of a lag screw using a trochanter supporting plate: 11 consecutive patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-122

  Lee, Po Cheng ^a   Yu, Shang Won ^a   Hsieh, Pang Hsin ^a   Chuang, Tai Yuan ^a   Tai, Ching Lung ^a   Shih, Chun Hsiung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intertrochanteric fracture; Lag screw cut out; Trochanter supporting plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842435964     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0607-8     Document Type: Article

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