Infections after intramedullary fixation of trochanteric fractures are uncommon and implant removal is not usually needed

Lauri M. Halonen; Antti Stenroos; Henri Vasara; Kaisa Huotari; Jussi Kosola

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2020.10.076

Infections after intramedullary fixation of trochanteric fractures are uncommon and implant removal is not usually needed

Lauri M. Halonen, Antti Stenroos, Henri Vasara, Kaisa Huotari, Jussi Kosola

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Original language	English
Journal	Injury
Volume	52
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1511-1516
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0020-1383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2020.10.076
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

Hip fracture
Trochanteric fracture
Infection
Fracture related infection
PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION
TOTAL HIP-ARTHROPLASTY
DEEP WOUND-INFECTION
FEMORAL FRACTURES
RISK
HEMIARTHROPLASTY
SURGERY
NECK
3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine
3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology

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