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. 1996 May;27(4):287-9.
doi: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00207-3.

Fracture of the femoral neck: optimal screw position and bone density determined by computer tomography

N Levi  1 , A Ingles Jr, H Klyver, B F Iversen
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Fracture of the femoral neck: optimal screw position and bone density determined by computer tomography

N Levi et al. Injury. 1996 May.

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.

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