1. EXPERIENCE WITH A SLIDING SCREW IN INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURES
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O'Reilly De, Robert E. Burdge, Daum Wj, and Rao An
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musculoskeletal diseases ,Orthodontics ,City hospital ,business.industry ,medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Surgery ,medicine.symptom ,musculoskeletal system ,equipment and supplies ,business ,Collapse (medical) - Abstract
A retrospective study of our first year's experience with a sliding screw in intertrochanteric fractures was conducted. Forty-five patients with intertrochanteric fractures were admitted to St. Louis City Hospital in the year considered. All those who came to surgery were treated with a sliding screw. We were impressed by the ability of the sliding screw plate to adapt to the forces which, under other circumstances, cause the unstable I-T fractures to collapse or displace. The characteristics of unstable hip fractures are discussed.
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- 1979
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