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Extra Articular Distal Femoral Fractures in the Elderly Treated with Retrograde Nailing Using a Spiral-Locking Blade System
BACKGROUND: The number of elderly patients sustaining long bone fractures is increasing with the rise of elderly population in the western world. Management of distal femur fractures is particularly difficult due to osteoporosis and other associated comorbidities. The key to management would be by s...
Autores principales: | D'sa, Prashanth, Karuppiah, Saravana Vail |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967690 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_590_17 |
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