Rationale for reduced pressure reaming when stabilizing actual or impending pathological femoral fractures: A review of the literature

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Leddy, Lee R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Intramedullary nail; Metastatic; Reaming

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ATELECTASIS; BONE METASTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LAVAGE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LUNG COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 78650273431     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(10)70009-7     Document Type: Article

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