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Improved lag screw positioning in the treatment of proximal femur fractures using a novel computer assisted surgery method: a cadaveric study

BACKGROUND: The importance of the tip-apex distance (TAD) to predict the cut-out risk of fixed angle hip implants has been widely discussed in the scientific literature. Intra-operative determination of TAD is difficult and can be hampered by image quality, body habitus, and image projection. The pu...

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Autores principales: Regling, Matthias, Blau, Arno, Probe, Robert A, Maxey, James W, Solberg, Brian D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-189