Quantitative assessment of distraction and angulation following long bone fracture.
A new technique for evaluating distraction and angulation of long bone fracture fragments is described and tested using a laboratory model. Advantages over conventional dual-projection radiography include quantitative information and independence from magnification and projectional differences between serial studies.
D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008961:Models, Structural; D011859:Radiography