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Abstract
At Kingston Hospital the Gamma nail has only been used for the fixation of unstable
intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures of the femur. There have been 28 cases;
21 required distal locking. Of these, there were intraoperative difficulties in nine.
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Publication history
Accepted:
September 24,
1991
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© 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.
