Technique for precise placement of poller screws with intramedullary nailing of metaphyseal fractures of the femur and the tibia

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-139

  Shahulhameed, Abdulsalam ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^a   Ojike, Nwakile I ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking screw; Intramedullary nailing; Metaphyseal fracture; Poller screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651480265     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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