Anterior or posterior obliquity of the lag screw in the lateral view-Does it affect the sliding characteristics on unstable trochanteric fractures?

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 785-791

  Park, Si Young ^a   Park, Jin ^a   Rhee, Dong Joo ^a   Yoon, Han Kook ^a   Yang, Kyu Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamic hip screw; Femur; Sliding pattern; Trochanteric fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; LAG SCREW; OBLIQUE ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 34249943149     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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