Anatomy of the greater femoral trochanter: Clinical importance for intramedullary femoral nailing: Anatomic study of 100 cadaver specimens

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 899-901

  Grechenig, Wolfgang ^a   Pichler, Wolfgang ^a   Clement, Hans ^a   Tesch, Norbert Peter ^a   Grechenig, Stephan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMUR; GREATER FEMORAL TROCHANTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; BONE NAIL; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846900721     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013196     Document Type: Article

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