A Computational Approach to the "Optimal" Screw Axis Location and Orientation in the Scaphoid Bone

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 677-684

  Leventhal, Evan L ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^a   Walsh, Eric F ^a   Crisco, Joseph J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis; computation; optimization; scaphoid; screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLINDER BEST FIT AXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM SCREW LENGTH AXIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID BONE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAPEZIUM BONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCAPHOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63549148830     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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