Fracture of the femoral neck: optimal screw position and bone density determined by computer tomography.
The bone density of five proximal femurs from female cadavers was measured with computed tomography using a pixel size of 1.2 mm. A three dimensional reconstruction was performed along four well-defined axes. The region of maximal relative bone density correlated well with a previous report of the optimal position of a screw when treating a fracture of the femoral neck.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ingles
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Klyver
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Iversen
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D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D014054:Tomography