The value of washers in cannulated screw fixation of femoral neck fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 969-975

  Zlowodzki, Michael ^a   Weening, Brad ^a   Petrisor, Brad ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cannulated screws; Failure predictors; Femoral neck; Hip fracture; Internal fixation; Washer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 30044446055     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000188130.99626.8c     Document Type: Article

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