Prospective randomised study comparing screw versus helical blade in the treatment of low-energy trochanteric fractures

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1855-1861

  Stern, Richard ^a   Lübbeke, Anne ^a   Suva, Domizio ^a   Miozzari, Hermes ^a   Hoffmeyer, Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HELICAL BLADE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 82955193755     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1232-8     Document Type: Article

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