Avascular necrosis of the femoral head in pertrochanteric fractures: A report of 8 cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-236

  Bartoníček, Jan ^a   Frič, Vladimír ^a   Skála Rosenbaum, Jiří ^a   Douša, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Trochanteric fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247096500     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31804afb0b     Document Type: Article

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