Closed intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in an echelon III facility

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Keeney, James A ^a   Ingari, John V ^b   Mentzer, Kurt D ^c   Powell, Elisha T ^d  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hand Center of San Antonio   (United States)

^c Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson   (United States)

^d Alaska Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; IRAQ; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; WAR;

BONE NAILS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; WAR;

EID: 65549142179     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-01-6507     Document Type: Article

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