The complications of displaced intracapsular fractures of the hip. The effect of screw positioning and angulation on fracture healing

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 632-634

  Gurusamy, K ^a   Parker, M J ^b   Rowlands, T K ^b  

^a QEQM Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 18944374772     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B5.15237     Document Type: Article

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