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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 72, 2001 - Issue 3
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More postoperative femoral fractures with the Gamma nail than the sliding screw plate in the treatment of trochanteric fractures

Eivind Kaare Osnes 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Cathrine M Lofthus 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Jan A Falch 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Haakon E Meyer 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Inger Stensvold 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Ivar S Kristiansen 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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Lars Nordsletten 1Oslo Orthopaedic University Clinic, Ulleval Hospital, NO-0407 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Dept. of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway, 4National Board of Health, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute of Public Health-Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Correspondence: Professor Lars Nordsletten
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