Experimental Study of Distal Interlocking of a Solid Tibial Nail: Radiation-Independent Distal Aiming Device (DAD) Versus Freehand Technique (FHT)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 373-378

  Krettek, Christian ^a   Könemann, Bernd ^a   Farouk, Osama ^a   Miclau, Theodore ^b   Kromm, Alexander ^a   Tscherne, Harald ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal aiming device (DAD); Intramedullary nailing; Radiation exposure; Radiation independent aiming device; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CADAVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032134749     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199808000-00001     Document Type: Article

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