Treatment of femoral neck fractures in young adults

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2254-2266

  Ly, Thuan V ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549110012     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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