Targon registered Femoral Neck for femoral-neck fracture fixation: lessons learnt from a series of one hundred and thirty five consecutive cases

Internal fixation versus joint replacement for treating intracapsular hip fractures is still a major debate. The Targon registered FN fixation concept is innovative; two small case series are promising. We present the first larger series.

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Veröffentlicht in:International orthopaedics 2014-03, Vol.38 (3), p.595-599
Hauptverfasser: Biber, Roland, Brem, Matthias, Bail, Hermann Josef
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Internal fixation versus joint replacement for treating intracapsular hip fractures is still a major debate. The Targon registered FN fixation concept is innovative; two small case series are promising. We present the first larger series.
ISSN:0341-2695
1432-5195
DOI:10.1007/s00264-013-2176-y