The MRI diagnosis and management of incomplete intertrochanteric fractures of the femur

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1253-1255

  Alam, A ^a   Willett, K ^a   Ostlere, S ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844466683     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B9.16558     Document Type: Article

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