Arthroplasty versus internal fixation for femoral neck fractures in the elderly

Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Nicolaides, Vassilios ^a   Galanakos, Spyridon ^a   Mavrogenis, Andreas F ^b   Sakellariou, Vasileios I ^b   Papakostas, Ioannis ^a   Nikolopoulos, Constantinos E ^a   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Femoral neck fracture; Harris hip score; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952702641     PISSN: 18288936     EISSN: 18288928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11751-010-0099-3     Document Type: Article

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