Critical factors in cut-out complication after gamma nail treatment of proximal femoral fractures

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bojan, Alicja J ^a   Beimel, Claudia ^b   Taglang, Gilbert ^c   Collin, David ^a   Ekholm, Carl ^a   Jönsson, Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Stryker Osteosynthesis ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CUT OUT COMPLICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GAMMA NAIL; HUMAN; LONG GAMMA NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; STANDARD GAMMA NAIL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TROCHANTERIC GAMMA NAIL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRANCE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871706843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-1     Document Type: Article

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