Comparison of accuracy of lag screw placement in cephalocondylic nails and sliding hip screw plate fixation for extracapsular fractures of the neck of femur

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Shyam Kumar, A J ^a,b   Parmar, V ^a   Bankart, J ^a   Williams, S C ^a   Harper, W M ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b not available   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 36049049092     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0092-0     Document Type: Article

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