The 'safe zone' for extra-articular screw placement during intra-pelvic acetabular surgery

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 279-283

  Guy, Pierre ^a,b   Al Otaibi, Mohammad ^b   Harvey, Edward J ^b   Helmy, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Screw placement; Stoppa

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951787510     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181bfcebf     Document Type: Article

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