Evolving concepts of stability and intramedullary fixation of intertrochanteric fractures - A review

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 686-693

  Kokoroghiannis, Constantine ^a   Aktselis, Ioannis ^a   Deligeorgis, Anastasios ^a   Fragkomichalos, Evaggelos ^a   Papadimas, Dimos ^a   Pappadas, Ioannis ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fracture stability; Intramedullary nail; Lateral trochanteric wall; Pertrochanteric fractures; Sliding hip screw

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84860765673     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.05.031     Document Type: Review

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