Performance of external fixation devices in femoral fractures; the ultimate challenge? A laboratory study with plastic rods

Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 145-151

  Broekhuizen, A H ^a   Boxma, H ^a   van der Meulen, P A ^a   Snijders, C J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PLASTICS;

EID: 0025322465     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(90)90083-7     Document Type: Article

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