Rotational malalignment after fractures of the femur

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1100-1104

  Jaarsma, R L ^a   van Kampen, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; TRACTION THERAPY;

BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; TORSION;

EID: 9144265518     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B8.15663     Document Type: Article

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