Failure of fixation of trochanteric femur fractures: Clinical recommendations for avoiding Z-effect and reverse Z-effect type complications

BACKGROUND: Z-effect and reverse Z-effect are complications that arise from the surgical treatment of pertrochanteric fractures of the femur with proximal femoral nails (PFN) comprising two interlocking head screws. Such complications are induced by the migration of screws in opposite directions, wh...

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Autores principales: Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos, Santana, Egídio Oliveira, Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento, Giordano, Vincenzo, Balbachevsky, Daniel, dos Reis, Fernando Baldy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21696626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21696626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-17

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