Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures : A prospective randomized study of clinical outcome, nutrition and costs

Displaced femoral neck fractures comprise more than a third of all hip fractures. There is controversy as to the optimal treatment. Despite attempts to improve the methods for internal fixation, complication rates have been almost unchanged: 20-40% non-union and late segmental collapse in another 10...

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Main Author: Johansson, Torsten
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Ortopedi och idrottsmedicin 2002
Subjects:
hip
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5233
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7373-180-3