One hundred fractures of the neck of the femur, Garden stage III or IV, were treated with Gouffon pins during a three year period. Seventy-nine were followed from 24 to 52 months. Union occurred in 59 fractures. Eighteen fractures did not unite and 2 became redisplaced within the first week. Avascul
Early fixation failure in displaced femoral neck fractures
β Scribed by K. H. Stappaerts
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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