Proximal femoral nail for the treatment of reverse obliquity intertrochanteric fractures compared with gamma nail

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1054-1060

  Min, Woo Kie ^a   Kim, Shin Yoon ^a   Kim, Tae Kong ^a   Lee, Kyu Bong ^a   Cho, Myung Rae ^b   Ha, Yong Chan ^c   Koo, Kyung Hoi ^d  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GN; Intertrochanteric; PFN; Reverse obliquity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; GAMMA NAIL; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAIL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VARUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048989003     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000240455.06842.a0     Document Type: Article

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