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When Planning Screw Fracture Fixation Why the 5.5 mm Screw is the Goldilocks Screw. An Observational Computer Tomographic Study of Fifth Metatarsal Bone Anatomy in a Sample of Patients

We wanted to verify our clinical experience that the 5.5 mm screw was ideal in the majority of fifth metatarsal fracture fixation. The size of a screw is important for the successful surgical treatment of these fractures in order to obtain the maximal stability while reducing the risk for iatrogenic...

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Autores principales: Iselin, Lukas D., Ramawat, Sunil, Hanratty, Brian, Klammer, Georg, Stavrou, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000756