Lateral femoral traction pin entry: risk to the femoral artery and other medial neurovascular structures

BACKGROUND: Femoral skeletal traction assists in the reduction and transient stabilization of pelvic, acetabular, hip, and femoral fractures when splinting is ineffective. Traditional teaching has recommended a medial entry site for insertion of the traction pin in order to minimize injury to the fe...

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Autores principales: Kwon, John Y, Johnson, Catherine E, Appleton, Paul, Rodriguez, Edward K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-5-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-5-4

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