The treatment of subtrochanteric nonunions with the long Gamma nail: Twenty-six patients with a minimum 2-yeaar follow-up

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 346-353

  Barquet, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Mayora, Gabriel ^c   Fregeiro, José ^a,c   López, Luis ^b,c   Rienzi, Daniel ^b,c   Francescoli, Luis ^b,c  

^a Univ Clin of Traumatol/Orthopaed   (Uruguay)

^b Center for Osteosynthesis   (Uruguay)

^c Center for Osteosynthesis   (Uruguay)

^d NONE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Long Gamma nail; Subtrochanteric nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HIP FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4043089329     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200407000-00003     Document Type: Article

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