3D visualized robot assisted reduction of femoral shaft fractures: Evaluation in exposed cadaveric bones

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Oszwald, Markus ^a   Westphal, Ralf ^b   Bredow, Jan ^a   Gaulke, Ralph ^a   O'Loughlin, P F ^c   Huefner, Tobias ^a   Wahl, Friedrich ^b   Krettek, Christian ^a   Goesling, Thomas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC TELEMANIPULATOR SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 70350306385     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2009-0544     Document Type: Article

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