A comparative prospective study of dynamic variable angle hip screw and Gamma nail in intertrochanteric hip fractures

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 18-19, 2005, Pages 1157-1165

  Tarantino, Umberto ^a   Oliva, Francesco ^a   Impagliazzo, Angelo ^b   Mattei, Antonio ^b   Cannata, Giuseppe ^a   Pompili, Gian Francesco Spurio ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Orthopaedic Trauma Center   (Italy)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma nail; Intertrochanteric hip fractures; Variable angle hip screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244449114     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500055875     Document Type: Article

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