Femoral fracture malrotation caused by freehand versus navigated distal interlocking

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-180

  Gardner, Michael J ^a   Citak, Musa ^b   Kendoff, Daniel ^b   Krettek, Christian ^b   Hüfner, Tobias ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer navigation; Femoral fracture; Interlocking; Intramedullary nailing; Malrotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DRILL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 38749148037     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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