Journal article
The tip-apex distance in the X-Bolt dynamic plating system
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The Sliding Hip Screw (SHS) is commonly used to treat trochanteric hip fractures. Fixation failure is a devastating complication requiring complex revision surgery. One mode of fixation failure is lag screw cut-out which is greatest in unstable fracture patterns and when the tip-apex distance of the lag screw is > 25 mm. The X-Bolt Dynamic Hip Plating System (X-Bolt Orthopaedics, Dublin, Ireland) is a new device which aims to reduce this risk of cut-out. However, some surgeons have reporte...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1302/2046-3758.64.bjr-2015-0016.r2
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X-bolt Direct Ltd
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National Institute for Health Research
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Stryker
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Bone and Joint Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 204-207
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-25
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2046-3758
- Pmid:
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28404548
- Source identifiers:
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690040
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- English
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- pubs:690040
- Deposit date:
- 2017-09-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Fernandez et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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