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The effects of body mass index on treatment of paediatric femur fractures managed with flexible intramedullary nails
PURPOSE: Traditionally, flexible intramedullary nails (FINs) are not to be used to fix femur fractures in patients > 50 kg (110 lbs). However, studies have not examined the efficacy of this technique in overweight and obese patients who may be under this ‘weight cutoff’. The purpose of this study...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29081855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.11.170084 |