External fixation of the femur: Basic concepts

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-244

  Kishan, Shyam ^a   Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^a   Behrens, Fred ^a   Reilly, Mark ^a   Sirkin, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral external fixation; Ideal pin plane; Safe corridors

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036627254     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200206000-00013     Document Type: Review

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