A comparison of the long gamma nail with the sliding hip screw for the treatment of AO/OTA 31-A2 fractures of the proximal part of the femur: A prospective randomized trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 792-798

  Barton, Tristan M ^a   Gleeson, Robert ^a   Topliss, Claire ^a   Greenwood, Rosemary ^a   Harries, William J ^a   Chesser, Timothy J S ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; BONE NAIL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77951915036     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00508     Document Type: Article

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