title: Fracture of the femoral neck: optimal screw position and bone density determined by computer tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Levi
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ingles
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Klyver
authors: B F
authors: BF
authors: Iversen
mesh_terms: 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