Distal hybrid interlocking in the femoral shaft fracture

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 605-607

  Kim, Kyung Cheon ^a   Lee, June Kyu ^a   Hwang, Deuk Soo ^a   Yang, Jun Young ^a   Kim, Young Mo ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; DEVASCULARIZATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548232640     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20070801-05     Document Type: Article

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