Is there a difference in the positioning of sliding screws between stable and unstable extracapsular fractures?

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Fraturas do fêmur
Fraturas do quadril
Parafusos ósseos
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000100030&lng=en&tlng=en

Internet

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000100030&lng=en&tlng=en

Similar Items