Injury
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 339-342 , April 2010

Mapping the columns of the acetabulum—Implications for percutaneous fixation

  • Abdulsalam Shahulhameed

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 210 East Gray Street, Suite 1003, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • Craig S. Roberts

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 210 East Gray Street, Suite 1003, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 502 852 6964; fax: +1 502 852 7227.
    • ,
  • Christopher L. Pomeroy

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 210 East Gray Street, Suite 1003, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • ,
  • Robert D. Acland

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 210 East Gray Street, Suite 1003, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • ,
  • Peter V. Giannoudis

      Affiliations

    • University of Leeds, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00436-7

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.004

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