Three-dimensional measurement of femoral antetorsion: Comparison to a conventional radiological method

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-518

  Citak, Musa ^a,b   Oszwald, Markus ^a   O'Loughlin, Padhraig F ^b   Citak , Mustafa ^a,b   Kendoff, Daniel ^b   Hüfner, Tobias ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Computed tomography; Femoral antetorsion; Femur fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CADAVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951015410     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0923-8     Document Type: Article

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