Does integrity of the lesser trochanter influence the surgical outcome of intertrochanteric fracture in elderly patients?

BACKGROUND: Most surgeons do not fix the lesser trochanter when managing femoral intertrochanteric fractures with intramedullary nails. We have not found any published clinical studies on the relationship between the integrity of the lesser trochanter and surgical outcomes of intertrochanteric fract...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Liu, Xiaohui, Liu, Yueju, Pan, Shuo, Cao, Huijian, Yu, Dahai
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373059/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25879412
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0492-7
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