Locked nailing for shortened subtrochanteric nonunions: A one-stage treatment

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 254-259

  Wu, Chi Chuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SUBTROCHANTERIC NONUNION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249087118     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0380-7     Document Type: Article

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