The new technique of precise insertion of lag screw in an operative treatment of trochanteric femoral fractures with a short intramedullary nail

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1077-1083

  Nishiura, Takashi ^a   Nozawa, Masahiko ^b   Morio, Hidenori ^a  

^a Asakusa Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut out; Hip fractures; Intramedullary nail; Lag screw; Lag screw placement; Surgical technique; Trochanteric femoral fractures; Trochanteric nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LAG SCREW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECUMBENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 68949162068     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.049     Document Type: Article

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