Complications of titanium and stainless steel elastic nail fixation of pediatric femoral fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2040-2041

  Gulati, Divesh ^a   Aggarwal, Aditya ^b   Singh, Arun P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING; BONE NAIL; CHILD; FRACTURE FIXATION; NOTE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; CHILD; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 68349143241     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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