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CORR Insights™: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures

Author: Paul J. Dougherty, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 4/2013

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This CORR Insights™ is a commentary on the article “Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures” by Matre et al. available at DOI-10.1007/s11999-012-2728-2.

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Title: CORR Insights™: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures
Author: Paul J. Dougherty, MD
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-2791-3

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CORR Insights™: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures

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