Management of a nonunion of the distal femur in osteoporotic bone with the internal fixation system LISS (less invasive stabilization system)

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 350-353

  Hailer, Yasmin D ^a   Hoffmann, Reinhard ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Offenbach Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular stability; LISS; Nonunion; Osteoporotic bone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 33745366163     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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