The impact of proximal femur geometry on fracture type - A comparison between cervical and trochanteric fractures with two parameters

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-271

  Panula, Jorma ^a,b,g   Savela M ^c   Jaatinen, P T ^d   Aarnio, P ^c,e   Kivela S L ^c,e,f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Central Hospital of Pori   (Finland)

^c SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Bone geometry; Hip fractures; Population based; Radiography; Sex distribution

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 53849115074     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690809700311     Document Type: Article

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