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Treatment of Complex Femoral Fractures with the Long Intramedullary Gamma Nail

EABR. Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research
Volume 20 (2019): Issue 4 (December 2019)
By: Aleksandar Juskovic,  Goran Pesic,  Miroslav Kezunovic,  Jovana Jeremic,  Nikola Bulatovic and  Zarko Dasic  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454
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Language: English
Page range: 337 - 341
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2017
Accepted on: Sep 7, 2017
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
long intramedullary Gamma nail,
complex femoral fractures,
Harris Hip Score
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© 2019 Aleksandar Juskovic, Goran Pesic, Miroslav Kezunovic, Jovana Jeremic, Nikola Bulatovic, Zarko Dasic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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