Soft tissue injury related to choice of entry point in antegrade femoral nailing: Piriform fossa or greater trochanter tip

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1337-1342

  Ansari Moein, C M ^a,b   Verhofstad, M H J ^a   Bleys, R L A W ^a   Van Der Werken, Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abductor musculator; Entry point; Gluteal region; Greater trochanter; Hip joint capsule; Intramedullary nailing; Medial femoral circumflex artery; Piriform fossa; Soft tissue injury; Superior gluteal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; JOINT CAPSULE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON;

AGED; BONE NAILS; BUTTOCKS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP INJURIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 26444553938     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.07.052     Document Type: Article

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