The outcome of closed, intramedullary exchange nailing with reamed insertion in the treatment of femoral shaft nonunions

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Shroeder, Josh E ^a   Mosheiff, Rami ^a   Khoury, Amal ^a   Liebergall, Meir ^a   Weil, Yoram A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exchange nail; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nail; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349750627     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a2a337     Document Type: Article

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