Distal locking using an electromagnetic field-guided computer-based real-time system for orthopaedic trauma patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 367-372

  Langfitt, Maxwell K ^a   Halvorson, Jason J ^a   Scott, Aaron T ^a   Smith, Beth P ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Jinnah, Riyaz H ^a   Miller, Anna N ^a   Carroll, Eben A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

distal locking; electromagnetic; femur tibia fracture; fluoroscopy; intramedullary nailing; orthopaedic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL INTERLOCKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD REAL TIME SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOCKING SCREW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRILL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880174333     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31828c2ad1     Document Type: Article

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