Extra-and intramedullary implants for the treatment of pertrochanteric fractures - Results from a Finnish National Database Study of 14,915 patients

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2156-2160

  Yli Kyyny, Tero T ^a   Sund, Reijo ^b   Juntunen, Merja ^b   Salo, Jari J ^a   Kröger, Heikki P J ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extramedullary implant; Hip fractures; Intramedullary implant; Pertrochanteric fractures; Register study; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84868207769     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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