Computer navigation allows for accurate reduction of femoral fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 460, Issue , 2007, Pages 185-191

  Weil, Yoram A ^a,b   Gardner, Michael J ^a   Helfet, David L ^a   Pearle, Andrew D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Trauma Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; LEG LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; BONE NAIL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; ROTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34447311641     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31804d2355     Document Type: Article

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