Should the tip-apex distance (TAD) rule be modified for the proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA)? A retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Unstable proximal femoral fractures are common and challenging for the orthopaedic surgeon. Often, these are treated with intramedullary nails. The most common mode of failure of any device to treat these fractures is cut-out. The Synthes proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) is uniq...

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Autores principales: Nikoloski, Andrej N, Osbrough, Anthony L, Yates, Piers J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-8-35

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-8-35

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