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Comparative study of intertrochanteric fracture fixation using proximal femoral nail with and without distal interlocking screws

BACKGROUND: Intertrochanteric (IT) fracture is one of the most common fractures seen in an orthopaedic practice. Proximal femoral nailing (PFN) is a common modality of fixing IT femur fracture. We retrospectively studied whether a PFN with two proximal lag screws can be done without distal interlock...

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Autores principales: Lil, Nadeem A, Makwana, Vipul R, Patel, Tirth D, Patel, Arjav R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35317250
http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v13.i3.267