Intramedullary nails result in more reoperations than sliding hip screws in two-part intertrochanteric fractures trauma

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1379-1386

  Matre, Kjell ^a   Havelin, Leif Ivar ^a,b   Gjertsen, Jan Erik ^a   Espehaug, Birgitte ^a,c   Fevang, Jonas Meling ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; COMPRESSION SCREW; DYNAMIC HIP SCREW PLATE; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIDING HIP SCREW; SURGICAL RISK; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT; HIP FRACTURE; NORWAY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877930642     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2728-2     Document Type: Article

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