title: Paper and dynamic hip screw surgery--a cheap and effective aid for hip fracture reduction.
abstract: The reduction of hip fractures prior to using dynamic hip screw devices can be challenging. The use of folded paper recreates an optimal angle of 135 degrees to assess adequacy of hip fracture reduction and to alert the surgeon as to the precise entry point of the guidewire in the lateral cortex of the femur.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK. simon_maclean81@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: Sukhraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Redfern
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans