Time to internal fixation of femoral neck fractures in patients under sixty years—does this matter in the development of osteonecrosis of femoral head?

PURPOSE: Osteonecrosis of femoral head remains a major complication of femoral neck fractures. It has been postulated that early internal fixation drastically reduces the incidence of osteonecrosis of the femoral head. However, there is a paucity of literature looking at the effect of time delay to...

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Main Authors: Razik, Fathima, Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, El-Osta, Bassel, Connolly, Michelle J., Brown, Ashley, Hassan, Soueid, Ravikumar, Kasetti
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460095/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829122
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1619-1
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