Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jul 2010
Three-dimensional analysis of the intramedullary canal axis of tibia: clinical relevance to tibia intramedullary nailing.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the appropriate insertion point for a tibial intramedullary nail by measuring the intramedullary canal axis of the tibia in three dimensions. ⋯ The appropriate insertion point for a tibial nail was the slightly medial aspect of the LTS. However, it led to the point with a broad range, increasing the necessity to take individual variations into consideration.