Intramedullary nails for extracapsular hip fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Queally, Joseph M ^a   Harris, Ella ^b   Handoll, Helen H G ^c   Parker, Martyn J ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Department of Bioengineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BONE NAIL; DEVICES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84941208421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004961.pub4     Document Type: Review

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