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Warwick Hip Trauma Study: a randomised clinical trial comparing interventions to improve outcomes in internally fixed intracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. Protocol for The WHiT Study

BACKGROUND: Controversy exists regarding the optimal treatment for patients with displaced intracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. The recognised treatment alternatives are arthroplasty and internal fixation. The principal criticism of internal fixation is the high rate of non-union; up to 30...

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Autores principales: Griffin, Xavier Luke, Parsons, Nick, Achten, Juul, Costa, Matthew L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20716348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-184