The comparison of femoral curves and curves of contemporary intramedullary nails

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 502-506

  Harma, Ahmet ^a   Germen, Burak ^a   Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a   Elmali, Nurzat ^a   Inan, Muharrem ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Femoral curve; Femur; Fracture; Intramedullary nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 30344459122     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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