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Dynamic hip screws versus cephalocondylic intramedullary nails for unstable extracapsular hip fractures in 2021: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
2022-08-29
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<h4>Background: </h4> Extracapsular hip fractures comprise approximately half of all hip fractures and the incidence of hip fractures is exponentially increasing. Extramedullary fixation using a dynamic hip screw (DHS) has been the gold standard method of operative treatment for extracapsular fractures, however, in recent years, intramedullary nails (IMN) have become a popular alternative. Intramedullary versus ex...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 797c8b48-9cad-5973-91aa-702afc837e61
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1994351/v1
