Distances between bony landmarks and adjacent nerves: anatomical factors that may influence retractor placement in total hip replacement surgery

BACKGROUND: Retractor placement is a leading cause of intraoperative nerve injury during total hip replacement (THR) surgery. The sciatic nerve, femoral nerve, and superior gluteal nerve are most commonly affected. This study aimed to identify the distances from bony landmarks in the hip to the adja...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ta-I, Chen, Hui-Yi, Tsai, Chun-Hao, Hsu, Horng-Chaung, Lin, Tsung-Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26984637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-016-0365-2

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