Tibial intramedullary nail distal interlocking screw placement: Comparison of the free-hand versus distally-based targeting device techniques

Injury

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2001, Pages 21-25

  Gugala, Zbigniew ^a   Nana, Arvind ^a   Lindsey, Ronald W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAPHYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; HAND; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; BONE NAIL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842842835     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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