Is there a gluteus medius tendon injury during reaming through a modified medial trochanteric portal? A cadaver study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 617-620

  Perez, Edward A ^a   Jahangir, Amir A ^a   Mashru, Rakesh P ^b   Russell, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Brandywine Institute of Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Intramedullary nail; Softtissue injury; Trochanteric portal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 35148881669     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318157bda7     Document Type: Article

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