Dynamic hip screws versus proximal femoral nails for intertrochanteric fractures

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 56-59

  Avakian, Zorik ^a   Shiraev, Timothy ^b   Lam, Lawrence ^b   Hope, Nigel ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

DHS; Fracture; Hip; Intertrochanteric; PFN

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856571128     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2011.05929.x     Document Type: Article

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