A new measurement for posterior tilt predicts reoperation in undisplaced femoral neck fractures: 113 consecutive patients treated by internal fixation and followed for 1 year

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Palm, Henrik ^a   Gosvig, Kasper ^a   Krasheninnikoff, Michael ^a   Jacobsen, Steffen ^a   Gebuhr, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249092325     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670902967281     Document Type: Article

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