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Clinical outcomes following treatment of extracapsular hip fractures with long compared with short cephalomedullary nails.
En Lin Goh, May Ee Png, David Metcalfe, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Xavier L Griffin, Jonathan A Cook, Matthew L Costa, WHiTE Investigators, Michael Barrett, Peter Hull, David Melling, Jonathan Kosy, Charalambos P Charalambous, Oliver Keast- Butler
Published: 202510.1302/0301-620X.107B12.BJJ-2025-0482.R1
Abstract
Aims: The use of cephalomedullary nails for the fixation of extracapsular hip fractures has increased in recent years, but high-quality evidence to guide surgical decision-making between long and short cephalomedullary nails is lacking. The aim of th…
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