Closed, locked intramedullary nailing of pediatric femoral shaft fractures through the tip of the greater trochanter

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Kanellopoulos, Anastasios D ^a,c   Yiannakopoulos, Christos K ^a   Soucacos, Panayiotis N ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Greater Trochanter; Intramedullary nailing; Pediatric femoral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646110532     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000199913.02341.d6     Document Type: Article

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