Leg length discrepancies in adult femoral shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-261

  Karapinar, Levent ^a,b   Kaya, Ahmet ^a   Öztürk, Hasan ^a   Altay, Taşkin ^a   Kayali, Cemil ^a  

^a Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Femoral shaft fractures; Intramedullary nailing; Leg length discrepancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649616361     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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