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A simple technique to position patients with bilateral above-knee amputations for operative fixation of intertrochanteric fractures of the femur: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Intertrochanteric fractures of the femur are common fractures in the elderly, and management includes operative fixation after patient positioning on the fracture table. Patients with bilateral above-knee amputations are challenging in terms of positioning on the table. We describe a s...
Autores principales: | Aqil, Adeel, Desai, Aravind, Dramis, Asterios, Hossain, Saqif |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-390 |
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