Radiological evaluation of intertrochanteric fracture fixation by the proximal femoral nail

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 856-863

  Herman, Amir ^a,b   Landau, Yair ^a   Gutman, Gabriel ^a   Ougortsin, Vladislav ^a   Chechick, Aharon ^a   Shazar, Nachshon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intertrochanteric fractures; Proximal femoral nail; Tip apex distance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84860736469     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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