Antegrade femoral nailing: An anatomical determination of the correct entry point

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 701-705

  Gausepohl, T ^a,c   Pennig, D ^a   Koebke, J ^b   Harnoss, S ^a  

^a ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE NAILS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036789671     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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