Which implant is better for treating reverse obliquity fractures of the proximal femur: A standard or long nail?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2768-2775

  Okcu, Güvenir ^a   Ozkayin, Nadir ^b   Okta, Cemil ^c   Topcu, Ismet ^a   Aktuglu, Kemal ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Demirci State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKER PALMER MOBILITY SCORE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84881662702     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2948-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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