Lateral decubitus for treating pertrochanteric fractures using cephalomedullary nails

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To perform a retrospective radiographic evaluation on the fracture reduction and implant position in the femoral head among patients with pertrochanteric fractures who had been treated using a cephalomedullary nail in lateral decubitus; and to assess factors that might interfere w...

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Main Authors: Elton João Nunes de Oliveira, José Octávio Soares Hungria, Davi Gabriel Bellan, Jonas Aparecido Borracini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000400409&lng=en&tlng=en