Gamma nails revisited: Gamma nails versus compression hip screws in the management of intertrochanteric fractures of the hip: A meta-analysis

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 460-464

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Schemitsch, Emil ^b   Jönsson, Anders ^c   Zlowodzki, Michael ^c   Haidukewych, George J ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Stryker Research and Development   (Germany)

^d FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma nail; Intramedullary nail; Meta analysis; Outcomes; Sliding hip screw

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLIDING HIP SCREW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651024728     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318162f67f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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