Short versus long thread cannulated cancellous screws for intracapsular hip fractures: A randomised trial of 432 patients

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-384

  Parker, Martyn J ^a   Ali, S M ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal fixation; Intracapsular hip fracture; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING AID; HIP FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649273112     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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