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The importance of surgical education in the accuracy of implant placement during hip fracture fixation

BACKGROUND: Studies have found that tip apex distance (TAD) is the strongest independent predictor of lag screw cut-out following hip fracture fixation. The objective of this study was to understand the importance of introducing the concept of TAD to surgeons. The null hypothesis was that there were...

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Autores principales: Parmar, Vinay, Kumar, A. J. Shyam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19484356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0046-6