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DISPLACEMENT OF SUBCAPITAL FRACTURES DURING INTERNAL FIXATION: A REAL PROBLEM?
Author(s) -
Mills HelenJ.,
Horne Geoffrey
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01509.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rotation (mathematics) , femoral head , displacement (psychology) , fixation (population genetics) , orthodontics , internal rotation , internal fixation , external rotation , head (geology) , surgery , geometry , mechanical engineering , geology , psychology , population , mathematics , environmental health , engineering , psychotherapist , geomorphology
The potential for femoral head rotation occurring during insertion of a compression hip screw has been investigated. Rotation to up to 30° has been demonstrated, and was not visible on an image intensifier. The insertion of a guide‐wire parallel to a hip screw does not control rotation adequately. Small threaded pins do not cause femoral head rotation.