Insertion of distal locking screws of tibial intramedullary nails: A comparison between the free-hand technique and the SURESHOT™ Distal Targeting System

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 405-407

  Moreschini, O ^a   Petrucci, V ^a   Cannata, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal locking; Distal screw; EM guided; Fluoroscopy; Intramedullary nailing; Radiation exposure; SURESHOT ; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; IONIZING RADIATION; LOCKING SCREW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME TRACKING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; YOUNG ADULT; DISTAL TARGETING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

DISTAL LOCKING; DISTAL SCREW; EM GUIDED; FLUOROSCOPY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURESHOT™; TIBIAL FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892569613     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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