Implant failure of long Gamma nail in a patient with intertrochanteric- subtrochanteric fracture

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-643

  Yoshino, Nobuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinobu ^b   Takenaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Watanabe, Nobuyoshi ^a   Fukuda, Yukihisa ^a   Fujita, Nobuhiko ^a   Maruyama, Norio ^c   Sumiyoshi, Hideshi ^c   Takai, Shinro ^b  

^a Kyoto Kujo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33845230127     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-006-1068-z     Document Type: Article

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