Fixation versus primary replacement of displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-26

  Khan, Moin ^a   Aleem, Ilyas S ^b   Poolman, Rudolf W ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; controversies in fixation; hip fractures

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650199635     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.73658     Document Type: Review

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