Treatment of resistant nonunion of supracondylar fractures femur by megaprosthesis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1137-1140

  Vaishya, Raju ^a   Singh, Ajay Pal ^b   Hasija, Rohit ^a   Singh, Arun Pal ^c  

^a INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Punjab Civil Medical Services 1   (India)

^c Swami Premanad Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Megaprosthesis; Osteoarthritis; Resistant nonunion; Supracondylar fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958780642     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1416-1     Document Type: Article

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