Locked intramedullary femoral nailing without fracture table or image intensifier

Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Rohilla, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Roop ^a   Rohilla, Seema ^a   Magu, Narender K ^a   Devgan, Ashish ^a   Siwach, Ramchander ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Closed reduction technique; Femur; Fracture; Fracture table; Image intensifier; Interlocking; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355175075     PISSN: 18288936     EISSN: 18288928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11751-011-0122-3     Document Type: Article

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