Uniting the un-united: should established non-unions of femoral shaft fractures initially treated with IM nails be treated by plate augmentation instead of exchange IM nailing? A systematic review

The majority of femoral fractures are surgically treated with intramedullary nails. Non-union rate is low but challenging and costly if it occurs. There have been encouraging results from the use of augmentative plating as a treatment for non-union of femoral fractures. We performed a systematic rev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Medlock, Gareth, Stevenson, Iain M., Johnstone, Alan J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30426320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-018-0323-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30426320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-018-0323-0

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