Treatment of intertrochantric fractures of the femur.
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Fractures of the Distal Femur Fractures of the Distal Femur
The distal end of the femur traditionally encompasses the lower third of this bone. This zone varies greatly in the literature, from the distal 7.6 cm to the distal 15 cm of the femur. This chapter deals only with fractures that involve the supracondylar (metaphyseal) or intercondylar (epiphyseal) areas of the distal end of the femur. Distal femoral fractures that are purely diaphyseal are disc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.38.1316