Catastrophic Failure After Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures With a Novel Locking Plate Implant

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages e170-e176

  Berkes, Marschall B ^a   Little, Milton T M ^a   Lazaro, Lionel E ^a   Cymerman, Rachel M ^a   Helfet, David L ^a,b   Lorich, Dean G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Femoral neck fracture; Femoral neck shortening; Locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HUMAN; LOCKING SCREW; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTEROLATERAL FEMORAL LOCKING PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84866897249     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31823b4cd1     Document Type: Article

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