“Kissing Nail Technique” for the exchange of intramedullary implants in adjacent peri-implant fractures

One third of the people aged 65 years and over fall every year, and 1–5% of these falls result in a fracture. For these people, history of fracture and surgery become a risk factor for recurrent falls. In osteoporotic patients, repeated fractures often require several osteosynthetic procedures withi...

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Main Authors: Carolin Melcher, Patrick R. Delhey, Christof Birkenmaier, Peter H. Thaller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES Yayincilik 2017-12-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X16302796