High failure rate of trochanteric fracture osteosynthesis with proximal femoral locking compression plate

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 751-756

  Wirtz, C ^a   Abbassi, F ^a   Evangelopoulos, D S ^a,b   Kohl, S ^a   Siebenrock, K A ^a   Kruger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Osteosynthesis; PF LCP; Proximal femoral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE RESECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; COMPRESSION PLATE; CONDYLAR PLATE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; LOCKING SCREW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84877747007     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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