A surgical guide to accurately place pins or nails within the femoral head

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-237

  Anderson, David A ^a   Schnieders, Michael J ^a   Heiner, Anneliese D ^a   Pedersen, Douglas R ^a   Brown, Thomas D ^a   Brand, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Guide; Nails; Osteonecrosis; Pins; Surgery; Template

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004569698     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957799000245     Document Type: Article

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