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Internal fixation of intracapsular hip fractures with a dynamic locking plate: Initial experience and results for 83 patients treated with a new implant

  • Martyn J. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Peterborough & Stamford NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough District Hospital, Thorpe Road, Peterborough, PE3 6DA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01733 874000; fax: +44 01733 875013.
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  • Hans-Werner Stedtfeld

      Affiliations

    • Department for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Nuremberg, 90471 Nuremberg, Germany

,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00474-4

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.004

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Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 348-351 , April 2010