Letter to the Editor: Necrosis of femoral head after fixation of trochanteric fractures with Gamma Locking Nail - A cause of late mechanical failure [1] (multiple letters)

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-440

  Dosani, A ^a   Satpathy, J ^a   Sonanis, S V ^a   Vicano, C ^b   Marco, F ^c  

^a AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro de Rehabilitacion FREMAP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; BONE NAIL; EQUIPMENT; HIP FRACTURE; NOTE;

BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS;

EID: 2642523743     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.09.012     Document Type: Letter

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