Distal interlocking screw placement in the femur: Free-hand versus electromagnetic assisted technique (sureshot)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e281-e283

  Maqungo, Sithombo ^a   Horn, Anria ^a   Bernstein, Brian ^b   Keel, Marius ^c   Roche, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Vincent Pallotti Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distal locking; Intramedullary nails; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL INTERLOCKING SCREW; DRILL BIT; ELECTROMAGNETIC ASSISTED TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FREE HAND TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LOCKING SCREW; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917676996     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000125     Document Type: Article

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