Proximal femoral geometry and hip fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Patton, Michael Sean ^a,b   Duthie, Robert Andrew ^a,b   Sutherland, Alasdair George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Proximal femoral geometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644901824     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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