Trigen intertan intramedullary nail versus sliding hip screw: A prospective, randomized multicenter study on pain, function, and complications in 684 patients with an intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture and one year of follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 200-208

  Matre, Kjell ^a   Vinje, Tarjei ^a   Havelin, Leif Ivar ^a   Gjertsen, Jan Erik ^a   Furnes, Ove ^a   Espehaug, Birgitte ^a   Kjellevold, Stein Harald ^a   Fevang, Jonas Meling ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SLIDING HIP SCREW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84873934209     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01497     Document Type: Article

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