Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 857-861 , August 2010

A computed tomography-based analysis of proximal femoral geometry for lateral impingement with two types of proximal femoral nail anterotation in subtrochanteric fractures

  • Vineet Tyagi

      Affiliations

    • Joint Replacement and Trauma Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, 4-12 Hwayang-dong Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-729, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jae Hyuk Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang Jun Oh

      Affiliations

    • Joint Replacement and Trauma Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, 4-12 Hwayang-dong Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-729, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 10 6489 6748; fax: +82 2 2030 7369.

,Accepted 19 April 2010.

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PII: S0020-1383(10)00270-6

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.018

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