Tips and tricks to avoid implant failure in proximal femur fractures treated with cephalomedullary nails: a review of the literature
Abstract. Objective:. To describe the surgical aspects potentially contributing to hardware failure of cephalomedullary nails. Data Sources:. A search of the Embase, PubMed (MEDLINE), Web of Science, and the Cochrane library for reports of hardware failures after intramedullary fixation of proximal...
Main Authors: | Joseph L. Petfield, MD, Luke E. Visscher, MBBS, Boyko Gueorguiev, PhD, Karl Stoffel, MD, Hans-Christoph Pape, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2022-04-01
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Series: | OTA International |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000191 |
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