Correct anatomical location of entry point for antegrade femoral nailing

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 990-993

  Kale, S P ^a   Patil, N ^a   Pilankar, S ^a   Karkhanis, A R ^a   Bagaria, V ^b  

^a RN Cooper Hospital   (India)

^b CIIMS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Entry point; Femoral nailing; Piriformis fossa; Trochanteric fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE NAILS; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748180166     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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