Osteonecrosis and nonunion as complication of fracture neck femur

Nonunion and osteonecrosis are two major problems that lead to revision surgery after treatment of intracapsular femoral neck fractures. Fixation failure and nonunion are the main modes of failure following fixation of displaced or undisplaced femoral neck fractures. The two problems are difficult t...

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Main Authors: Rudra P. S. Thakur, Alok C Agrawal, Bikas K Sahoo, Vishal K Kujur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Diseases and Traumatology
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Online Access:http://www.jodt.org/article.asp?issn=2665-9352;year=2018;volume=1;issue=1;spage=23;epage=28;aulast=Thakur