Experience in the use of the long Gamma nail for 16 femoral shaft fracture that have occurred following initial Asian Pacific Gamma nail fixation for pertrochanteric fractures

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 994-999

  Cheng, Ming Te ^a,b,c   Chiu, Fang Yao ^a   Chuang, Tien Yow ^a   Chen, Chuan Mu ^a   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Wan Ciao Veterans hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian Pacific Gamma nail; Femoral fracture; Long Gamma nail; Pertrochanteric fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN PACIFIC GAMMA NAIL; BONE NAIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG GAMMA NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748129500     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.01.038     Document Type: Article

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