Amount of lateral cortex loss in the femur while inserting a DHS-plate

AYTEKİN M. N., Kucukdurmaz F., ESMER A. F., Saglam N., Akpinar F.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.18-21, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1207-2
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.18-21
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: DHS-plate, lateral cortex, proximal femur, DYNAMIC HIP SCREW, PROXIMAL FEMUR, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, FEMORAL-NECK, FRACTURES, FIXATION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Although many anatomic, morphologic, and radiologic studies have been carried out for the femur as for all other bones of the skeletal system, we could not find any morphometric study to guide orthopedic surgeons on dynamic hip screw-plate (DHS-plate) applications of the proximal femur.