Distal locking of tibial nails: A new device to reduce radiation exposure

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 216-220

  Anastopoulos, George ^a   Ntagiopoulos, Panagiotis G ^a   Chissas, Dionisios ^a   Papaeliou, Athanasios ^a   Asimakopoulos, Antonios ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; BONE NAIL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME;

BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41149147530     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-007-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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