Fluoroscopic guidance versus surgical navigation for distal locking of intramedullary implants: A prospective, controlled clinical study

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-574

  Suhm, Norbert ^a   Messmer, Peter ^a   Zuna, Ivan ^b   Jacob, Ludwig A ^a   Regazzoni, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal locking; Exposure to radiation; Fluoroscopy based surgical navigation; Intramedullary nailing; Virtual fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 2342574698     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00312-7     Document Type: Article

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