Computer-assisted three-dimensional correlation between the femoral neck-shaft angle and the optimal entry point for antegrade nailing

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-305

  Anastopoulos, George ^a   Chissas, Dionisios ^a   Dourountakis, Joseph ^a   Ntagiopoulos, Panagiotis G ^a   Magnisalis, Evaggelos ^b   Asimakopoulos, Antonios ^a   Xenakis, Theodore A ^c  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b N Smirni   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entry point; Femoral nailing; Femoral neck shaft angle; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749156099     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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