Fracture of the femoral neck: Optimal screw position and bone density determined by computer tomography

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-289

  Levi, Niels ^b   Ingles Jr , A ^a   Klyver, H ^c   Iversen, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029920078     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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