Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 810-817 , August 2010

Mid-term outcomes after intramedullary fixation of peritrochanteric femoral fractures using the new proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA)

,Accepted 17 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.03.020

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