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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...
Autores principales: | Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos, Santana, Egídio Oliveira, Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento, Giordano, Vincenzo, Balbachevsky, Daniel, dos Reis, Fernando Baldy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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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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