Radiation-free distal locking of intramedullary nails: Evaluation of a new electromagnetic computer-assisted guidance system

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 872-875

  Stathopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Karampinas, Panagiotis ^a   Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios Stergios ^a   Lampropoulou Adamidou, Kalliopi ^a   Vlamis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distal locking; Electromagnetic fields; Intramedullary nail; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DISTAL TARGETING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877744113     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.08.051     Document Type: Article

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