BREAKAGE OF A ZNN NAIL IN AN ACTIVE ELDERLY FEMALE: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Trochanteric fractures are common in elderly patients with osteoporosis and are surgically treated to facilitate early rehabilitation and to prevent lodging-related comorbidities. Nonunion and hardware breakage of intertrochanteric hip fractures is a relatively rare occurrence resulting from an inco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/embj/breakage-of-a-znn-nail-in-an-active-elderly-female-a-case-report-and-literature-review/ |