Mismatch of current intramedullary nails with the anterior bow of the femur

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 410-415

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a,b   Chang, Eric Y ^a   Cvitkovic, John ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CENTER; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 4444374995     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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