3066 consecutive Gamma Nails. 12 years experience at a single centre

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bojan, Alicja J ^a   Beimel, Claudia ^b   Speitling, Andreas ^b   Taglang, Gilbert ^c   Ekholm, Carl ^a   Jönsson, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Stryker Osteosynthesis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GAMMA NAIL; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; BONE NAIL; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953842927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-133     Document Type: Article

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