Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 279-284 , March 2010

Systematic effects of surgical treatment of hip fractures: Gliding screw-plating vs intramedullary nailing

  • Dionysios-Alexandros J. Verettas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, PO Box 129, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece. Tel.: +30 25510 76156; fax: +30 25510 30369.
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  • Panos Ifantidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Christos N. Chatzipapas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Georgios I. Drosos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Konstantinos C. Xarchas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Pelagia Chloropoulou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Konstantinos I. Kazakos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Gregory Trypsianis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • Athanasios Ververidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece

,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00481-1

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.012

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