Targon® Femoral Neck for femoral-neck fracture fixation: Lessons learnt from a series of one hundred and thirty five consecutive cases

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 595-599

  Biber, Roland ^a   Brem, Matthias ^a   Bail, Hermann Josef ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication rate; Cutout; Femoral neck fracture; Hip screw; Intracapsular fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMATOMA; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND INFECTION; DEVICES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATOR; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84898905672     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-2176-y     Document Type: Article

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