Locking plate fixation for Vancouver B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures: A critical analysis of 135 cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-436

  Graham, Simon M ^a   Moazen, Mehran ^b   Leonidou, Andreas ^c   Tsiridis, Eleftherios ^b,c,d,e  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; LOCKING PLATE FIXATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; VANCOUVER B1 PERIPROSTHETIC FEMORAL FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84878595734     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-013-0359-4     Document Type: Article

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