Sliding hip screw versus the Targon PF nail in the treatment of trochanteric fractures of the hip: A randomised trial of 600 fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Parker, M J ^a   Bowers, T R ^a,b   Pryor, G A ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857810746     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B3.28406     Document Type: Article

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