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Indigenous Proximal Femoral Nails and Their Novel Complications

Pertrochanteric fractures are one of the commonest fractures in the geriatric age group. Management of these fractures has been revolutionized by the use of proximal femoral nails (PFN), with a screw or a helical blade for fixation in the femoral head. Multiple complications like Z-effect, screw cut...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Naveen, Vatsya, Pulak, Salaria, Amit K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34471580
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16729