BioMed Research International
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 8645027, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8645027
Research Article
The Modified Femoral Neck-Shaft Angle: Age- and Sex-Dependent Reference Values and Reliability Analysis
1Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2Center of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
3Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Received 4 August 2016; Accepted 16 November 2016
Academic Editor: Zbigniew Gugala
Copyright © 2016 Christoph Kolja Boese et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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