Reducing radiation exposure in intra-medullary nailing procedures: Intra-medullary endo-transilluminating (iMET)

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1084-1087

  Chu, William ^a,b   Wang, Jyhpyng ^c   Young, Shuenn Tsong ^a   Chu, Woei Chyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distal interlocking; Fluoroscopy; Free hand method; Intra medullary nailing procedure; Target aiming device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRILL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY ENDOTRANSILLUMINATING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGHT; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949164911     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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