Reliability of measuring lateral bowing angle of the femur in patients with atypical femur fractures.

Young-Kyun LeeJiung YeomByung-Woong JangJae-Hwi NhoYou-Sung SuhKyung-Hoi Koo

Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2020)

All methods of measuring lateral femoral bowing in the coronal plane of plain radiographs are reliable. And, we recommend Yau's method, which has a clear reference point for measuring femoral bowing and is highest reproducible.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
bone mineral density
high resolution
finite element
mass spectrometry