Intramedullary nailing appears to be superior in pertrochanteric hip fractures with a detached greater trochanter: 311 Consecutive patients followed for 1 year

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-170

  Palm, Henrik ^a   Lysén, Charlotte ^a   Krasheninnikoff, Michael ^a   Holck, Kim ^a   Jacobsen, Steffen ^a   Gebuhr, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LESSER TROCHANTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIDING HIP SCREW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953835922     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2011.566143     Document Type: Article

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