Intramedullary fixation of intertrochanteric hip fractures: A comparison of two implant designs

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Efstathopoulos, Nicolas E ^a   Nikolaou, Vassilios S ^a   Lazarettos, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846807803     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0128-5     Document Type: Article

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