The influence of osteoporosis in femoral fracture healing time

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-668

  Nikolaou, Vassilios S ^a   Efstathopoulos, Nicolas ^b   Kontakis, George ^c   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canal bone ratio; Elderly; Fracture; Healing; Osteoporosis; Singh index

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349239336     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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