Management of Subtrochanteric Proximal Femur Fractures: A Review of Recent Literature

Subtrochanteric femur fractures are an uncommon injury in orthopedics, but when they are encountered they may present difficulties in management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent literature on the epidemiology, classification, initial evaluation, and definitely treatment for these...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Christopher, Tanios, Mina, Ebraheim, Nabil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30510806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1326701
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description Subtrochanteric femur fractures are an uncommon injury in orthopedics, but when they are encountered they may present difficulties in management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent literature on the epidemiology, classification, initial evaluation, and definitely treatment for these injuries. These will assist the physician to determine the optimal treatment strategy and avoid potential surgical complication.
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spelling pubmed-62304142018-12-03 Management of Subtrochanteric Proximal Femur Fractures: A Review of Recent Literature Jackson, Christopher Tanios, Mina Ebraheim, Nabil Adv Orthop Review Article Subtrochanteric femur fractures are an uncommon injury in orthopedics, but when they are encountered they may present difficulties in management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent literature on the epidemiology, classification, initial evaluation, and definitely treatment for these injuries. These will assist the physician to determine the optimal treatment strategy and avoid potential surgical complication. Hindawi 2018-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6230414/ /pubmed/30510806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1326701 Text en Copyright © 2018 Christopher Jackson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Management of Subtrochanteric Proximal Femur Fractures: A Review of Recent Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230414/
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