Computer-Aided Trauma Surgery: Preliminary Report of 32 Cases

Abstract

32 patients profited from computer-assisted surgery to carry out the distal aiming of medullary central nails or the installation of a dynamic hip screw. The duration of fluoroscopy is clearly decreased and the operational duration is slightly lengthened, without iatrogenic consequences for the patient. An evolution in softwares is expected.

Key words

Computer-assisted surgery - distal targeting - irradiation

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