Postoperative radiographic assessment of acetabular fractures: A comparison of plain radiographs and CT scans

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Borrelli Jr , Joseph ^a,b   Ricci, William M ^a   Steger May, Karen ^a   Totty, William G ^a   Goldfarb, Charles ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Suite 11300 West Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabulum; Computerized tomography; Gap deformity; Step deformity

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; BONE MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20644443279     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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