Proximal screws placement in intertrochanteric fractures treated with external fixation: Comparison of two different techniques

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vekris, Marios D ^a   Lykissas, Marios G ^a   Manoudis, Gregory ^a   Mavrodontidis, Alexandros N ^a   Papageorgiou, Christos D ^a   Korompilias, Anastasios V ^a   Kostas Agnantis, Ioannis P ^a   Beris, Alexandros E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Harris hip score; Intertrochanteric fractures; Parker mobility score; Pertrochanteric fixator

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE SCREWS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053173224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-6-48     Document Type: Article

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