Fractures of the distal femur in the elderly treated with a carbon fibre supracondylar plate

The use of a contoured supracondylar carbon fibre plate in 22 patients with a fracture of the lower femur is reported. The patients were all elderly (mean age 80.6 years) and three patients in the study died of unrelated medical causes. Of the 19 surviving patients, in 17 the fracture united (89 per...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Injury 1994-07, Vol.25 (5), p.317-321
Hauptverfasser:	Pemberton, D.J., Evans, P.D., Grant, A., McKibbin, B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Bone Plates Bone Screws Female Femoral Fractures - diagnostic imaging Femoral Fractures - surgery Femur - diagnostic imaging Femur - surgery Fracture Fixation, Internal - instrumentation Humans Male Medical sciences Orthopedic surgery Radiography Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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