Is the wave plate still a salvage procedure for femoral non-union? Results of 75 cases treated with a locked wave plate

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Schulz, Arndt P ^a,b   Faschingbauer, Maximilian ^b   Seide, Klaus ^b   Schuemann, Uwe ^b   Mayer, Martin ^b   Jürgens, Christian ^a,b   Wenzl, Michael ^b  

^a BG Trauma Hospital Hamburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femoral fractures; Intramedullary nailing of long bones; Locked plate; Non union; Proximal femoral and femoral shaft fractures; Psaeudoarthrosis; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349183713     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8009-9     Document Type: Article

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