Contemporary management of femoral neck fractures: The young and the old

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-221

  Forsh, David A ^a   Ferguson, Tania A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary hip fracture treatment; Femoral neck fractures; Old hip fracture; Physiologically young hip fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CAPSULOTOMY (ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY); COMPLICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TIMING; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84866390634     PISSN: 1935973X     EISSN: 19359748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12178-012-9127-x     Document Type: Article

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