Reverse oblique intertrochanteric femoral fractures treated with the gamma nail

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-167

  Hernandez Vaquero D ^a,b,c   Perez Hernandez D ^a   Suarez Vazquez A ^a   Garcia Garcia J ^a   Garcia Sandoval M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 21544478838     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0648-4     Document Type: Article

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