Injury
Volume 40, Issue 10 , Pages 1084-1087 , October 2009

Reducing radiation exposure in intra-medullary nailing procedures: Intra-medullary endo-transilluminating (iMET)

  • William Chu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
    • Department of Orthopedics, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Jyhpyng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Shuenn-Tsong Young

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Woei Chyn Chu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 28267025; fax: +886 2 28210847.

,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.04.008

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