Increased use of intramedullary nails for intertrochanteric proximal femoral fractures in veterans affairs hospitals: A comparative effectiveness study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 833-840

  Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a   Regan, Elizabeth ^b   Cowper Ripley, Diane C ^c   Hutt, Evelyn ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SLIDING HIP SCREW; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863698859     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01403     Document Type: Article

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