Efficacy of an aiming device for the placement of distal interlocking screws in trochanteric fixation nailing

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1177-1182

  Boraiah, Sreevathsa ^a   Barker, Joseph U ^a   Lorich, Dean ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiming arm; Distal interlocking; Intrameduallry nailing; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIMING DEVICE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIXATION DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549083585     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0710-y     Document Type: Article

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