The Long Gamma nail for stabilisation of existing and impending pathological fractures of the femur: An analysis of 48 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 429-434

  Moholkar, Kirti ^a,b   Mohan, Ram ^a   Grigoris, Peter ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Western Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DISEASE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444220095     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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