Treatment of acute distal femur fractures above a total knee arthroplasty: Systematic review of 415 cases (1981-2006)

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-27

  Herrera, Diego A ^a   Kregor, Philip J ^b   Cole, Peter A ^a   Levy, Bruce A ^a   Jönsson, Anders ^c   Zlowodzki, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Trauma Care Foundation (OTCF)   (France)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 39449083297     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710014716     Document Type: Article

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