Displaced femoral neck fractures in the young: Significance of posterior comminution and raised intracapsular pressure

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Rawall, Saurabh ^a   Bali, Kamal ^b   Upendra, Bidre ^c   Garg, Bhavuk ^c   Yadav, C S ^c   Jayaswal, Arvind ^c  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Fracture neck femur; Intracapsular pressure; Non union; Posterior comminution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT PRESSURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857627256     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1395-1     Document Type: Article

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