Results of treatment of subtrochanteric femoral fractures with the AO/ASIF Long Trochanteric Fixation Nail (LTFN)

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 451-455

  Muñoz Mahamud, Ernesto ^a   Bori, G ^a   Cune J ^a   Font, L ^a   Domingo, A ^a   Suso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Femur; Long Trochanteric Fixation Nail (LTFN); Subtrochanteric fractures

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG TROCHANTERIC FIXATION NAIL; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 75149118861     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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