Subtrochanteric hip fractures treated with cerclage cables and long cephalomedullary nails: A review of 17 consecutive cases over 2 years

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1317-1321

  Kennedy, Muiris T ^a   Mitra, Aniruddha ^a   Hierlihy, Timothy G ^a   Harty, James A ^a   Reidy, Declan ^a   Dolan, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anatomical reduction; Biological fixation; Cerclage cable; Fracture; Intramedullary nail; Proximal femur; Subtrochanteric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053560931     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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