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The use of ‘blocking’ screws for the ‘closed’ reduction of difficult proximal and distal femoral fractures

Most meta-diaphyseal femoral fractures that are treated with intramedullary nailing can be reduced satisfactorily by skeletal traction without ‘opening’ the fracture site and therefore, complications such as nonunion, infection and wound healing problems are reduced. In cases where adequate fracture...

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Autor principal: Garnavos, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34267935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.6.210024