A prospective trial comparing the Holland nail with the dynamic hip screw in the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures of the hip

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1073-1078

  Little, N J ^a,b   Verma, V ^a,c   Fernando, C ^a,c   Elliott, D S ^a,c   Khaleel, A ^a,c  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53649088337     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B8.20825     Document Type: Article

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