General principles for treatment of femoral head fractures
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Study of the Treatment of Femoral Head Fractures.
OBJECTIVE To establish guidelines for the treatment of femoral head fractures and to determine the best form of access in cases treated surgically. METHODS We evaluated the clinical and radiological results from 13 patients (13 fractures) treated surgically, between May 1986 and July 1996, at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Sao Paulo (SCMSP), Fern...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0976-5662
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2017.07.013