Is there a difference in the positioning of sliding screws between stable and unstable extracapsular fractures?
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the tip-apex distance (TAD), cervicodiaphyseal angle and Garden angle in stable and unstable extracapsular fractures of the femur treated with a plate and sliding screw.METHOD: Hip radiographs in anteroposterior (AP) and lateral view on 117 patients were evaluated. The fracture...
Main Authors: | Pedro José Labronici, Rodrigo Freitas da Silva, Ana Maria Santos Viana, Saulo Santos Blunck, José Sergio Franco, Sergio Ricardo Neto, Robinson Esteves Santos Pires, Roberto Canto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2015-02-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000100030&lng=en&tlng=en |
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