Implant breakage, a rare complication with the Gamma nail: A review of 843 fractures of the proximal femur treated with a Gamma nail

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-443

  Bertrand Álvarez, Diego ^a,b   Paz Aparicio, José ^a   Lopez Anglada Fernandez, Esteban ^a   Gonzalez Busto Mugica, Ignacio ^a   Núñez Batalla, Daniel ^a   Paz Jiménez, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b Univ Central Hospital of Asturias ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444247905     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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